Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 22 April 2021
55. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of outdoor staff currently employed in each of the municipal district councils in east County Cork in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20952/21]
View answer56. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of outdoor staff who were employed in each municipal district council in east County Cork in each of the years 2015 to 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20953/21]
View answer57. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason recruitment of outdoor council staff in east County Cork has possibly regressed in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20954/21]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 55 to 57, inclusive, together.
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 number of outdoor staff currently employed and the number of staff who were employed in each year from 2015-2019, in each Municipal District in east County Cork, is not collected and consequently is not available in my Department. The relevant information would be available from Cork County Council.
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.
