The number of staff employed by each local authority at the end of each year since 2008 is set out in the following table on a whole time equivalent basis (WTE). From 2013, a combined staffing figure was returned for Limerick City Council and Limerick County Council. From 2014, a combined staffing figure was returned for Waterford City Council and Waterford County Council and for Tipperary North County Council and Tipperary South County Council. It should be noted also that the 2008 and 2009 figures include Regional Authority staffing numbers; these have been reported separately from September 2010 onwards.
LOCAL AUTHORITY
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December 2008 Quarterly Return (Total wte)
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December 2009 Quarterly Return (Total wte)
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December 2010 Quarterly Return (Total wte)
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December 2011 Quarterly Return (Total wte)
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December 2012 Quarterly Return (Total wte)
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December 2013 Quarterly Return (Total wte)
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December 2014 Quarterly Return (Total wte)
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Cork City
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1,493.00
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1,420.00
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1,374.00
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1,336.00
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1,272.42
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1,247.02
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1,210.06
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Dublin City
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6,931.50
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6,480.45
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6,298.30
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6,072.35
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5,772.70
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5,570.75
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5,445.70
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Galway City
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535.00
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487.50
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442.80
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438.34
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435.33
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419.86
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410.10
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Limerick City
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554.90
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528.30
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485.41
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465.14
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443.54
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1,008.14
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Limerick County
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793.60
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738.60
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686.38
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656.65
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619.33
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1,035.89
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Waterford City
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464.00
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410.32
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379.93
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367.09
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344.18
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335.58
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773.13
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Waterford County
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600.50
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565.50
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503.61
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476.00
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447.06
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446.06
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Carlow
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357.50
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331.00
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297.24
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285.41
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276.09
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265.37
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264.86
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Cavan
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479.90
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446.35
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434.09
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416.30
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380.90
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370.10
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360.55
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Clare
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907.90
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828.36
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810.19
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785.50
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750.98
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749.88
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712.81
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Cork County
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2,643.00
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2,364.37
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2,255.16
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2,184.11
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2,088.19
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2,020.87
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1947.31
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Donegal
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1,193.30
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1,007.86
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999.11
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959.14
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911.00
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873.31
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832.33
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Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown (DLR)
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1,242.00
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1,195.90
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1,143.40
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1,063.60
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1,028.30
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994.90
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951.00
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Fingal
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1,589.79
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1,490.39
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1,441.90
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1,391.90
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1,330.70
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1,296.33
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1,250.66
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Galway
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1,066.23
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934.27
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846.87
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811.61
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770.28
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746.02
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752.08
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Kerry
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1,347.20
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1,225.29
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1,194.63
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1,165.77
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1,119.56
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1,101.61
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1,050.34
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Kildare
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1,094.50
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946.50
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925.40
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880.90
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843.62
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815.40
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793.70
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Kilkenny
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615.67
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568.04
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545.24
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529.09
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507.46
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494.02
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486.86
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Laois
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438.27
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405.50
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392.79
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368.88
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342.70
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341.93
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348.57
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Leitrim
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330.15
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302.50
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294.85
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279.13
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266.15
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258.98
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253.09
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Longford
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381.70
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330.20
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306.01
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299.94
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289.75
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289.80
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272.85
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Louth
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733.83
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691.90
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674.64
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652.64
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652.51
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634.98
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606.05
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Mayo
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1,296.30
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1,177.80
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1,103.65
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1,061.50
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1,000.53
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963.73
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927.01
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Meath
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800.04
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702.58
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668.82
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640.64
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623.58
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611.56
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621.98
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Monaghan
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454.57
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433.99
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412.72
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404.69
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385.05
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369.83
|
362.74
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Offaly
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499.00
|
478.00
|
418.50
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399.00
|
388.60
|
379.70
|
376.00
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Roscommon
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581.50
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550.50
|
487.12
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461.07
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434.80
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414.59
|
407.89
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Sligo
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586.80
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529.92
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510.45
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488.74
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453.98
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429.28
|
414.44
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South Dublin
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1,472.25
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1,402.55
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1,344.70
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1,277.60
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1,176.47
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1,098.79
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1,055.69
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Tipp North
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512.15
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504.22
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515.57
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468.83
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450.36
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447.85
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1002.33
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Tipp South
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707.00
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654.30
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651.10
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632.26
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606.31
|
576.53
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Westmeath
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537.36
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487.92
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480.43
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462.79
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447.26
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431.59
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458.54
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Wexford
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863.47
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804.51
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788.38
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765.76
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723.60
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715.65
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699.90
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Wicklow
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903.65
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827.25
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789.45
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747.05
|
716.65
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709.65
|
678.65
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OVERALL TOTAL
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35,007.53
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32,252.64
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30,902.84
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29,695.42
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28,299.94
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27,457.41
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26,735.36
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