Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 16 February 2022
113. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of staff employed in each local authority housing department, by employment type, including architects, engineers, clerical staff, maintenance staff and so on, in tabular form. [8704/22]
View answer114. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of unfilled vacancies in local authority housing departments, by employment type, in each local authority. [8705/22]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 113 and 114 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 total number of staff employed in each local authority housing departments, by employment type including architects, engineers, clerical staff, maintenance staff and the number of unfilled vacancies in the housing department of each local authority, is routinely collected. The relevant information should be available from each local authority.
