Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 June 2016
112. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff that have been recruited in the county councils' road maintenance division in 2015, in tabular form. [16365/16]
View answerMy Department works closely with all local authorities to ensure the continued delivery of key services in the context of staffing and budgetary constraints. In considering sanction requests public safety, maintaining key front line services, and economic issues are given precedence.
However, under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, each Chief Executive is responsible for the staffing and organisational arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of the local authorities for which he or she is responsible. In this regard, it is a matter for each individual Chief Executive to recruit and assign staff to specific divisions.
