Irish Water Staff

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 26 June 2014

Thursday, 26 June 2014

Questions (150, 151)

Catherine Murphy

Question:

150. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the total number of whole time equivalent staff for each local authority on this date in 2009 to 2013, inclusive, and at present; if he will indicate in the same table the total number of staff from each local authority who have transferred to Irish Water, including the numbers on secondment and the numbers who are full employees of Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27774/14]

Written answers

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government

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	December 2009 Quarterly Return (Total WTE)	December 2010 Quarterly Return (Total WTE)	December 2011 Quarterly Return (Total WTE)	December 2012 Quarterly Return (Total WTE)	December 2013 Quarterly Return (Total WTE)	March 2014 Quarterly Return (Total WTE)
Cork City	1,420.00	1,374.00	1,336.00	1,272.42	1,247.02	1,238.02
Dublin City	6,480.45	6,298.30	6,072.35	5,772.70	5,570.75	5,539.85
Galway City	487.50	442.80	438.34	435.33	419.86	411.73
Limerick City	528.30	485.41	465.14	443.54	1,035.89	1,013.60
Waterford City	410.32	379.93	367.09	344.18	335.58	333.37
Carlow	331.00	297.24	285.41	276.09	265.37	263.77
Cavan	446.35	434.09	416.30	380.90	370.10	370.20
Clare	828.36	810.19	785.50	750.98	749.88	735
Cork County	2,364.37	2,255.16	2,184.11	2,088.19	2,020.87	1,990.29
Donegal	1,007.86	999.11	959.14	911.00	873.31	856.17
Dún Laoghaire / Rathdown (DLR)	1,195.90	1,143.40	1,063.60	1,028.30	994.90	976.80
Fingal	1,490.39	1,441.90	1,391.90	1,330.70	1,296.33	1,284.22
Galway	934.27	846.87	811.61	770.28	746.02	742.78
Kerry	1,225.29	1,194.63	1,165.77	1,119.56	1,101.61	1,103.25
Kildare	946.50	925.40	880.90	843.62	815.40	800
Kilkenny	568.04	545.24	529.09	507.46	494.02	501.22
Laois	405.50	392.79	368.88	342.70	341.93	343.17
Leitrim	302.50	294.85	279.13	266.15	258.98	256.72
Limerick	738.60	686.38	656.65	619.33	0.00	0.00
Longford	330.20	306.01	299.94	289.75	289.80	283.95
Louth	691.90	674.64	652.64	652.51	634.98	632.78
Mayo	1,177.80	1,103.65	1,061.50	1,000.53	963.73	945.73
Meath	702.58	668.82	640.64	623.58	611.56	612.59
Monaghan	433.99	412.72	404.69	385.05	369.83	362.07
Offaly	478.00	418.50	399.00	388.60	379.70	376.20
Roscommon	550.50	487.12	461.07	434.80	414.59	415.34
Sligo	529.92	510.45	488.74	453.98	429.28	425.75
South Dublin	1,402.55	1,344.70	1,277.60	1,176.47	1,098.79	1,091.01
Tipperary North	504.22	515.57	468.83	450.36	447.85	467
Tipperary South	654.30	651.10	632.26	606.31	576.53	566.09
Waterford	565.50	503.61	476.00	447.06	446.06	438.06
Westmeath	487.92	480.43	462.79	447.26	431.59	428.32
Wexford	804.51	788.38	765.76	723.60	715.65	708.27
Wicklow	827.25	789.45	747.05	716.65	709.65	705.65
OVERALL TOTAL	32,252.64	30,902.84	29,695.42	28,299.94	27,457.41	27,218.97

Catherine Murphy

Question:

151. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the total breakdown of general purpose grants allocated to each local authority in 2009 to 2013, inclusive, and in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27775/14]

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government

General purpose grants are paid from the Local Government Fund and are my Department’s contribution towards meeting the cost to local authorities of providing a reasonable level of services to their customers.

The following table details the general purpose grant allocations from the Local Government Fund to all local authorities from 2009 to 2013.

-	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	Total
-	€	€	€	€	€	€
Local Authority
Carlow County Council	11,910,119	11,331,276	10,128,725	8,532,829	8,560,762	50,463,711
Cavan County Council	18,832,045	18,245,262	16,549,414	14,200,854	14,123,740	81,951,315
Clare County Council	14,883,494	13,986,912	12,736,073	10,176,044	10,072,651	61,855,174
Cork County Council	51,707,370	48,353,652	42,689,885	33,495,626	32,048,612	208,295,145
Donegal County Council	40,140,417	38,913,388	36,345,399	30,945,838	30,840,363	177,185,405
Fingal County Council	30,404,698	29,799,877	26,267,018	20,455,071	19,619,590	126,546,254
Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council	37,165,016	34,624,434	31,522,005	25,780,316	24,772,291	153,864,062
Galway County Council	36,888,227	36,092,172	32,835,625	28,105,841	27,400,744	161,322,609
Kerry County Council	26,457,145	25,572,631	23,238,216	19,005,401	18,374,432	112,647,825
Kildare County Council	25,754,427	25,532,785	23,924,053	20,127,482	20,634,229	115,972,976
Kilkenny County Council	20,020,063	19,334,743	17,527,581	15,113,016	15,105,892	87,101,295
Laois County Council	17,580,214	16,823,589	15,143,352	13,189,788	13,070,064	75,807,007
Leitrim County Council	14,820,652	14,489,435	13,479,217	11,809,261	11,952,743	66,551,308
Limerick County Council	24,864,456	23,724,090	21,355,645	17,683,768	17,668,930	105,296,889
Longford County Council	14,118,480	13,856,743	12,849,645	11,252,795	11,488,728	63,566,391
Louth County Council	12,725,378	12,118,470	10,914,165	9,130,490	9,044,372	53,932,875
Mayo County Council	36,586,871	35,180,309	32,135,562	27,800,750	27,650,043	159,353,535
Meath County Council	27,601,149	27,377,684	25,553,557	21,684,996	21,251,612	123,468,998
Monaghan County Council	15,094,413	14,737,177	13,648,138	11,902,168	11,968,784	67,350,680
Tipperary North County Council	18,630,156	18,005,785	16,373,536	14,267,841	14,504,742	81,782,060
Offaly County Council	15,704,327	15,388,672	14,139,586	12,164,815	12,095,491	69,492,891
Roscommon County Council	21,065,007	20,110,463	18,490,254	15,967,965	15,828,208	91,461,897
Sligo County Council	16,997,791	16,356,043	15,314,229	13,553,783	13,584,307	75,806,153
South Dublin County Council	24,676,357	24,289,702	21,709,971	16,963,904	16,285,348	103,925,282
Tipperary South County Council	22,788,742	22,128,379	20,211,960	17,472,862	17,302,006	99,903,949
Waterford County Council	22,059,029	21,990,654	20,583,798	17,888,261	18,176,169	100,697,911
Westmeath County Council	20,625,403	20,003,602	18,494,866	16,016,846	16,055,537	91,196,254
Wexford County Council	21,282,429	20,755,993	19,259,881	16,229,752	15,912,433	93,440,488
Wicklow County Council	19,922,275	19,219,558	17,502,198	14,625,057	14,357,641	85,626,729
Cork City Council	25,764,998	25,014,462	22,940,522	17,265,785	16,612,544	107,598,311
Dublin City Council	94,709,663	88,769,969	78,722,867	54,805,761	52,613,531	369,621,791
Galway City Council	8,830,378	8,512,430	7,534,888	5,990,156	5,750,549	36,618,401
Limerick City Council	11,050,841	10,595,040	9,638,920	7,968,166	8,264,861	47,517,828
Waterford City Council	8,064,061	7,564,315	6,713,415	5,223,860	5,415,345	32,980,996
Clonmel Borough Council	3,295,919	3,115,507	2,785,896	2,353,114	2,235,458	13,785,894
Drogheda Borough Council	4,688,795	4,434,266	3,966,978	3,208,084	3,047,680	19,345,803
Kilkenny Borough Council	1,893,103	1,766,873	1,560,328	1,266,584	1,203,255	7,690,143
Sligo Borough Council	3,142,285	2,927,408	2,580,497	2,105,833	2,000,541	12,756,564
Wexford Borough Council	2,348,994	2,199,185	1,948,097	1,773,200	1,684,540	9,954,016
Arklow Town Council	1,634,797	1,587,276	1,455,760	1,264,178	1,200,969	7,142,980
Athlone Town Council	1,917,374	1,793,563	1,587,448	1,296,281	1,231,467	7,826,133
Athy Town Council	767,623	749,251	690,500	571,629	543,047	3,322,050
Ballina Town Council	1,632,670	1,580,583	1,445,712	1,273,025	1,209,373	7,141,363
Ballinasloe Town Council	920,181	878,744	793,526	679,194	645,234	3,916,879
Birr Town Council	817,077	780,485	704,969	621,693	590,609	3,514,833
Bray Town Council	4,531,181	4,284,234	3,831,912	3,303,940	3,138,743	19,090,010
Buncrana Town Council	980,244	913,089	804,777	701,776	666,687	4,066,573
Bundoran Town Council	601,052	559,962	493,613	425,621	404,340	2,484,588
Carlow Town Council	1,831,382	1,721,237	1,530,546	1,332,619	1,265,988	7,681,772
Carrickmacross Town Council	605,674	586,800	535,346	466,229	442,918	2,636,967
Carrick-on-Suir Town Council	1,164,428	1,139,383	1,047,814	905,503	860,228	5,117,356
Cashel Town Council	684,703	655,338	593,045	516,446	490,624	2,940,156
Castlebar Town Council	1,037,375	966,468	851,964	730,023	693,522	4,279,352
Castleblayney Town Council	496,043	469,170	419,775	361,631	343,549	2,090,168
Cavan Town Council	867,812	811,835	718,591	654,077	621,373	3,673,688
Clonakilty Town Council	626,151	588,921	521,171	474,381	450,662	2,661,286
Clones Town Council	583,122	570,359	524,434	464,307	441,092	2,583,314
Cobh Town Council	1,254,730	1,177,961	1,046,319	952,382	904,763	5,336,155
Dundalk Town Council	5,289,816	4,961,900	4,403,659	3,589,814	3,410,323	21,655,512
Dungarvan Town Council	1,037,498	966,575	852,052	708,731	673,294	4,238,150
Ennis Town Council	2,461,593	2,305,693	2,043,399	1,710,714	1,625,178	10,146,577
Enniscorthy Town Council	1,235,578	1,151,903	1,016,035	924,817	878,576	5,206,909
Fermoy Town Council	874,009	818,970	726,081	660,894	627,850	3,707,804
Kells Town Council	502,483	473,188	421,572	361,427	343,356	2,102,026
Killarney Town Council	1,865,408	1,778,486	1,603,506	1,317,649	1,251,767	7,816,816
Kilrush Town Council	647,720	620,402	559,419	485,747	461,460	2,774,748
Kinsale Town Council	419,623	391,048	344,812	313,856	298,163	1,767,502
Letterkenny Town Council	1,176,732	1,096,274	966,369	796,266	756,453	4,792,094
Listowel Town Council	795,421	748,119	665,706	562,011	533,911	3,305,168
Longford Town Council	1,232,768	1,148,502	1,012,428	873,855	830,162	5,097,715
Macroom Town Council	629,483	591,359	525,612	478,423	454,502	2,679,379
Mallow Town Council	1,132,311	1,068,192	951,776	866,327	823,011	4,841,617
Midleton Town Council	572,789	546,739	486,711	443,015	420,864	2,470,118
Monaghan Town Council	1,184,794	1,105,999	976,889	828,489	787,065	4,883,236
Naas Town Council	1,484,461	1,459,370	1,336,377	1,123,654	1,067,472	6,471,334
Navan Town Council	582,061	545,635	483,948	392,283	472,669	2,476,596
Nenagh Town Council	1,140,538	1,074,375	957,471	847,980	805,581	4,825,945
New Ross Town Council	987,575	953,252	857,575	780,583	741,554	4,320,539
Skibbereen Town Council	450,894	420,067	370,292	337,047	320,195	1,898,495
Templemore Town Council	658,712	633,782	576,386	505,123	479,867	2,853,870
Thurles Town Council	1,014,871	963,441	865,088	729,707	693,222	4,266,329
Tipperary Town Council	871,488	829,034	745,880	630,993	599,444	3,676,839
Tralee Town Council	3,280,851	3,056,595	2,694,458	2,188,225	2,078,813	13,298,942
Trim Town Council	582,432	549,878	491,118	426,006	404,706	2,454,140
Tullamore Town Council	1,324,142	1,235,028	1,089,931	924,856	878,613	5,452,570
Westport Town Council	859,045	800,324	705,501	611,929	581,332	3,558,131
Wicklow Town Council	1,648,281	1,557,309	1,391,457	1,202,037	1,141,936	6,941,020
Youghal Town Council	1,163,499	1,090,968	965,305	878,642	834,709	4,933,123
Total	905,155,682	870,000,001	789,999,997	650,999,998	640,000,004

The amount allocated to local authorities from the Local Government Fund for general purpose grants in 2014 is €282 m; this figure recognises the removal of water related costs from local authorities to Irish Water in 2014 and the individual authority allocations are, therefore, not directly comparable to previous years. The following table details the proposed general purpose grant allocations from the Local Government Fund to local authorities in 2014 (the allocations to County Councils are “county at large” allocations in respect of the County Council and any Town Councils within the county).

-	2014
Local Authority	€
Carlow County Council	5,352,469
Cavan County Council	8,458,415
Clare County Council	2,646,284
Cork County Council	2,951,435
Donegal County Council	22,720,760
Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council	5,724,579
Fingal County Council	454,714
Galway County Council	12,506,381
Kerry County Council	11,043,837
Kildare County Council	9,686,924
Kilkenny County Council	9,356,019
Laois County Council	7,631,324
Leitrim County Council	8,282,319
Limerick County Council	6,175,333
Longford County Council	8,119,493
Louth County Council	8,243,835
Mayo County Council	17,492,594
Meath County Council	8,799,199
Monaghan County Council	10,247,882
North Tipperary County Council	9,832,046
Offaly County Council	6,663,642
Roscommon County Council	9,107,439
Sligo County Council	9 ,993,352
South Dublin County Council	923,906
South Tipperary County Council	12,923,064
Waterford County Council	12,125,219
Westmeath County Council	10,115,479
Wexford County Council	11,888,576
Wicklow County Council	6,846,310
Cork City Council	8,544,374
Dublin City Council	2,667,330
Galway City Council	1,626,429
Limerick City Council	8,449,826
Waterford City Council	4,399,212
Total	282,000,000