177. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of full-time staff in each local enterprise office on 8 May 2015; the number of part-time staff; the locations at which vacancies exist; and when these vacancies will be filled. [19615/15]
View answerThere is a total 181 staff (mixture of full time and part time) across the 31 Local Enterprise Offices. Details of individual LEO Resources are listed in the table. These resource figures are based on a recent survey of LEOs conducted by Enterprise Ireland.
The difference in staffing levels between various LEOs is due in many cases to historical reasons whereby the former CEBs had a reduced staffing complement due to the impact of the moratorium on public sector recruitment etc. and also circumstantial reasons whereby the amalgamation of two Local Authority areas such as Limerick and Tipperary has resulted in a larger LEO staff complement.
It is intended that Enterprise Ireland in conjunction with the local Authorities (through the LGMA) will conduct at more detailed analysis over coming months to analyse survey results on a LEO by LEO basis to identify LEOs where there might be pressure points in terms of skills and resources.
It should be noted that an open competition is currently underway by the Public Appointments Service to fill four Head of Enterprise posts (Clare, Louth, Meath and Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown). Sanction for the filling of LEO posts is provided by the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government. In addition the LEO Graduate Programme is well underway with the majority of graduates in situ at this stage.
LEO Resources Summary as at Q1 2015
|
LEO |
Resources |
|
Carlow |
3 (3 WT) |
|
Cavan |
7 (4 WT 3 PT) |
|
Clare |
5 (5 WT) |
|
Cork North West |
7 (5 WT 2 PT) |
|
Cork South |
5 (4 WT 1 PT) |
|
Cork City |
4 (1 WT 3 PT) |
|
Donegal |
4 (4 WT) |
|
Dublin City |
10 (9 WT 1 PT) |
|
Dublin South |
6 (6 WT) |
|
Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown |
9 (9 WT) |
|
Fingal |
7 (5 WT 2 PT) |
|
Galway |
3 (3 WT) |
|
Kerry |
8 (6 WT 2 PT) |
|
Kildare |
4 (4 WT) |
|
Kilkenny |
4 (4 WT) |
|
Laois |
3 (1 WT 2 PT) |
|
Leitrim |
5 (3 WT 2 PT) |
|
Limerick |
7 (5 WT 2 PT) |
|
Longford |
3 (1 WT 2 PT) |
|
Louth |
6 (1 WT 5 PT) |
|
Mayo |
7 (7 WT) |
|
Meath |
9 (8 WT 1 PT) |
|
Monaghan |
6 (5 WT 1 PT) |
|
Offaly |
5 (4 WT 1 PT) |
|
Roscommon |
3 (2 WT 1 PT) |
|
Sligo |
7 (7 WT) |
|
Tipperary |
12 (11 WT 1 PT) |
|
Waterford |
6 (4 WT 2 PT) |
|
Westmeath |
5 (4 WT 1 PT) |
|
Wexford |
5 (5 WT) |
|
Wicklow |
6 (4 WT 2 PT) |
