My Department gathers quarterly data on staff numbers in local authorities. The number of staff employed by each local authority at the end of each year since 2009 is set out in the table below on a whole time equivalent basis (WTE). The most recent quarterly data collected at the end of March 2014 are also included. From 2013, staff numbers for the combined local authorities of Limerick City Council and Limerick County Council are returned by Limerick City Council. The 2008 and 2009 figures include Regional Authority.
Staffing arrangements within Irish Water are an operational matter for the company and one in which I have no function. Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels. The Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 provides that Irish Water may appoint staff on terms and conditions as it may from time to time determine. Accordingly, the numbers of staff will depend on the organisational needs of Irish Water and its available budget. I understand from data supplied by Irish Water to my Department that 478 staff have been recruited up to 6 June 2014; 147 have been recruited from local authorities, 80 from Bord Gáis, 5 from my Department, with the remaining 246 recruited externally.
LOCAL AUTHORITY
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December 2009 Quarterly Return (Total WTE)
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December 2010 Quarterly Return (Total WTE)
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December 2011 Quarterly Return (Total WTE)
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December 2012 Quarterly Return (Total WTE)
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December 2013 Quarterly Return (Total WTE)
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March 2014 Quarterly Return (Total WTE)
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Cork City
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1,420.00
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1,374.00
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1,336.00
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1,272.42
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1,247.02
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1,238.02
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Dublin City
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6,480.45
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6,298.30
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6,072.35
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5,772.70
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5,570.75
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5,539.85
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Galway City
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487.50
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442.80
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438.34
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435.33
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419.86
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411.73
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Limerick City
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528.30
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485.41
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465.14
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443.54
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1,035.89
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1,013.60
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Waterford City
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410.32
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379.93
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367.09
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344.18
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335.58
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333.37
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Carlow
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331.00
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297.24
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285.41
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276.09
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265.37
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263.77
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Cavan
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446.35
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434.09
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416.30
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380.90
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370.10
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370.20
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Clare
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828.36
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810.19
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785.50
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750.98
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749.88
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735
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Cork County
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2,364.37
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2,255.16
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2,184.11
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2,088.19
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2,020.87
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1,990.29
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Donegal
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1,007.86
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999.11
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959.14
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911.00
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873.31
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856.17
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Dún Laoghaire / Rathdown (DLR)
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1,195.90
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1,143.40
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1,063.60
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1,028.30
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994.90
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976.80
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Fingal
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1,490.39
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1,441.90
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1,391.90
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1,330.70
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1,296.33
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1,284.22
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Galway
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934.27
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846.87
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811.61
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770.28
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746.02
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742.78
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Kerry
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1,225.29
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1,194.63
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1,165.77
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1,119.56
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1,101.61
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1,103.25
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Kildare
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946.50
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925.40
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880.90
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843.62
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815.40
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800
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Kilkenny
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568.04
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545.24
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529.09
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507.46
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494.02
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501.22
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Laois
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405.50
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392.79
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368.88
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342.70
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341.93
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343.17
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Leitrim
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302.50
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294.85
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279.13
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266.15
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258.98
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256.72
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Limerick
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738.60
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686.38
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656.65
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619.33
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0.00
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0.00
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Longford
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330.20
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306.01
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299.94
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289.75
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289.80
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283.95
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Louth
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691.90
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674.64
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652.64
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652.51
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634.98
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632.78
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Mayo
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1,177.80
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1,103.65
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1,061.50
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1,000.53
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963.73
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945.73
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Meath
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702.58
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668.82
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640.64
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623.58
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611.56
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612.59
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Monaghan
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433.99
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412.72
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404.69
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385.05
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369.83
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362.07
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Offaly
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478.00
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418.50
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399.00
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388.60
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379.70
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376.20
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Roscommon
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550.50
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487.12
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461.07
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434.80
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414.59
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415.34
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Sligo
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529.92
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510.45
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488.74
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453.98
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429.28
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425.75
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South Dublin
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1,402.55
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1,344.70
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1,277.60
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1,176.47
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1,098.79
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1,091.01
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Tipperary North
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504.22
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515.57
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468.83
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450.36
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447.85
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467
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Tipperary South
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654.30
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651.10
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632.26
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606.31
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576.53
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566.09
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Waterford
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565.50
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503.61
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476.00
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447.06
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446.06
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438.06
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Westmeath
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487.92
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480.43
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462.79
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447.26
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431.59
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428.32
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Wexford
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804.51
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788.38
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765.76
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723.60
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715.65
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708.27
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Wicklow
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827.25
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789.45
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747.05
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716.65
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709.65
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705.65
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OVERALL TOTAL
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32,252.64
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30,902.84
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29,695.42
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28,299.94
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27,457.41
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27,218.97
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