I propose to take Questions Nos. 944 and 985 together.
In 2014, 688 employees retired from local authorities and ten employees retired from agencies under the auspices of my Department. 282 local authority employees availed of the voluntary redundancy scheme for local authorities in 2014. No staff from agencies under the auspices of my Department availed of voluntary redundancy in 2014. A breakdown of these figures is provided in the table.
Local Authorities
|
Retirements
|
Voluntary Redundancy
|
Carlow County Council
|
2
|
1
|
Cavan County Council
|
8
|
0
|
Clare County Council
|
24
|
11
|
Cork County Council
|
55
|
21
|
Donegal County Council
|
23
|
31
|
Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
|
30
|
24
|
Fingal County Council
|
36
|
4
|
Galway County Council
|
12
|
4
|
Kerry County Council
|
30
|
20
|
Kildare County Council
|
25
|
3
|
Kilkenny County Council
|
14
|
1
|
Laois County Council
|
10
|
3
|
Leitrim County Council
|
8
|
5
|
Longford County Council
|
6
|
7
|
Louth County Council
|
12
|
12
|
Mayo County Council
|
8
|
21
|
Meath County Council
|
6
|
5
|
Monaghan County Council
|
6
|
6
|
Offaly County Council
|
5
|
0
|
Roscommon County Council
|
5
|
7
|
Sligo County Council
|
12
|
14
|
South Dublin County Council
|
36
|
0
|
Tipperary County Council
|
25
|
19
|
Westmeath County Council
|
13
|
2
|
Wexford County Council
|
18
|
0
|
Wicklow County Council
|
24
|
0
|
Cork City Council
|
31
|
2
|
Dublin City Council
|
167
|
11
|
Galway City Council
|
3
|
3
|
Limerick City & County Council
|
18
|
37
|
Waterford City & County Council
|
16
|
8
|
Total
|
688
|
282
|
Agencies
|
|
|
An Bord Pleanála
|
4
|
0
|
Dublin Docklands Development Authority
|
0
|
0
|
Environmental Protection Agency
|
3
|
0
|
Environmental Research Unit
|
0
|
0
|
Housing & Sustainable Communities Agency
|
0
|
0
|
Housing Finance Agency
|
0
|
0
|
Irish Water Safety
|
0
|
0
|
Local Government Management Agency
|
1
|
0
|
National Building Agency
|
1
|
0
|
Private Residential Tenancies Board
|
1
|
0
|
Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland
|
0
|
0
|
Western Development Commission
|
0
|
0
|
Total
|
10
|
0
|