Derelict Sites

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 June 2021

Tuesday, 15 June 2021

Questions (579)

Thomas Gould

Question:

579. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of full-time equivalent derelict sites inspectors by local authority in tabular form. [30705/21]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

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 number of full-time equivalent derelict sites inspectors employed by local authorities, is not collected and consequently is not available in my Department. The relevant information would be available on request from individual local authorities.