Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 April 2023
796. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the responsibilities for each director of service for housing in each local authority, in tabular form; his views on whether each directors sole responsibility should be housing given the size of the housing challenge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17300/23]
View answerUnder 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/she is responsible. My Department oversees workforce planning for the local government sector, including the monitoring of overall 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, information such as the detailed responsibilities assigned to particular positions within each local authority is not collected and consequently is not available in my Department. The relevant information would be available from each local authority.
