Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 21 April 2021
828. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the local authorities which employ a biodiversity officer in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20813/21]
View answer829. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the local authorities which employ a heritage officer in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20814/21]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 828 and 829 together.
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 authority for which he or she is responsible.
My Department oversees workforce planning for the local government sector, including the monitoring of local government sector employment levels. To this end, my Department gathers aggregate quarterly data on staff numbers in each local authority on a whole time equivalent basis.
However, granular data, in terms of the detailed breakdown of the local authorities which employ Biodiversity Officers and Heritage Officers is not collected and consequently is not available in my Department. The relevant information would be available from individual local authorities.
