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Local Authority Staff Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 September 2016

Tuesday, 27 September 2016

Ceisteanna (341)

Joan Collins

Ceist:

341. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the percentage reduction in the staffing level in each individual local authority since January 2008, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26897/16]

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Freagraí scríofa

The information requested is contained in the following table. Staffing levels for 2008 are available only from end 2008. For consistency, successive years are also based on end-of-year staffing levels. It should be noted that the amalgamation of Limerick City and County Councils, Waterford City and County Councils and South and North Tipperary County Councils took place during the time period specified.

Year/

Local Authority

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

% decrease end 2008 - end 2015

Cork City Council

1,493.00

1,407.50

1,360.00

1,322.00

1,270.42

1,247.02

1,210.06

1,217.68

18.44

Dublin City Council

6,931.50

6,428.75

6,241.40

6,016.45

5,767.10

5,570.75

5,445.70

5,308.00

23.42

Galway City Council

535.00

482.00

436.30

431.84

432.33

419.86

410.10

418.50

21.76

Carlow

357.50

330.00

295.24

283.41

275.09

265.37

264.86

263.89

26.18

Cavan

479.90

441.35

427.09

409.30

377.90

370.10

360.55

362.30

24.51

Clare

907.90

826.36

802.19

777.50

749.98

749.88

712.81

719.21

20.78

Cork

2,643.00

2,352.87

2,240.16

2,169.11

2,086.19

2,020.87

1,947.31

1,947.41

26.32

Donegal

1,193.30

1,007.86

988.11

948.14

902.00

873.31

832.33

851.91

28.61

Dún Laoghaire/ Rathdown

1,242.00

1,185.60

1,129.40

1,049.60

1,014.30

994.90

951.00

930.90

25.05

Fingal

1,589.79

1,475.79

1,427.30

1,377.30

1,329.70

1,296.33

1,250.66

1,242.07

21.87

Galway

1,066.23

931.27

843.87

808.61

769.28

746.02

752.08

740.22

30.57

Kerry

1,347.20

1,220.29

1,188.63

1,159.77

1,118.56

1,101.61

1,050.34

1,063.72

21.04

Kildare

1,094.50

935.60

913.50

870.00

841.62

815.40

793.70

803.10

26.62

Kilkenny

615.67

565.44

541.64

525.49

506.46

494.02

486.86

482.25

21.67

Laois

438.27

401.50

388.79

364.88

342.70

341.93

348.57

376.12

14.18

Leitrim

330.15

301.50

293.85

278.13

266.15

258.98

253.09

251.05

23.95

Limerick County (Merged w City Council Q4 2013)

793.60

731.60

677.38

648.65

617.33

n/a

n/a

n/a

22.21

(2008-2012)

Limerick City (Merged w County Council Q4 2013)

554.90

527.30

484.41

464.14

443.54

n/a

n/a

n/a

20.06

(2008-2012

Longford

381.70

328.20

302.01

295.94

287.75

289.80

272.85

268.60

29.63

Louth

733.83

687.90

670.64

648.64

652.51

634.98

606.05

594.28

19.02

Mayo

1,296.30

1,173.80

1,097.65

1,055.50

998.53

963.73

927.01

928.71

28.35

Meath

800.04

700.58

665.82

638.64

623.58

611.56

621.98

631.87

21.02

Monaghan

454.57

427.99

407.72

399.69

384.05

369.83

362.74

364.25

19.87

Offaly

499.00

476.00

416.50

397.00

388.60

379.70

376.00

373.80

25.09

Roscommon

581.50

546.50

481.12

455.07

432.80

414.59

407.89

403.96

30.53

Sligo

586.80

521.92

500.45

478.74

451.98

429.28

414.44

390.39

33.47

South Dublin

1,472.25

1,393.05

1,329.20

1,261.30

1,172.47

1,098.79

1,055.69

1,017.17

30.91

Tipperary

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

1,002.33*

975.62

2.66

(2014-2015)

Tipperary North (Merged South Q2 2014)

512.15

504.22

514.57

467.83

449.36

447.85*

n/a

n/a

12.55

(2008-2013)

Tipperary South (Merged North Q2 2014)

707.00

651.30

648.10

629.26

605.31

576.53*

n/a

n/a

18.45

(2008-2013)

Waterford County Council - (Merged City Council Q2 2014)

600.50

561.50

495.61

468.00

442.06

446.06

n/a

n/a

25.72

(2008-2013)

Waterford City Council - (Merged County Council Q2 2014)

464.00

410.32

372.93

359.09

338.18

334.58*

n/a

n/a

27.89

(2008-2013)

Westmeath

537.36

486.92

479.43

461.79

447.26

431.59

458.54

462.07

14.01

Wexford

863.47

796.51

780.38

757.76

723.60

715.65

699.90

693.68

19.66

Wicklow

903.65

824.25

786.45

744.05

716.65

709.65

678.65

666.85

26.20

City & County Council - Limerick

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

1,035.89*

1,008.14

1,034.05

0.02

(2014-2015)

City & County Council - Waterford

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

773.13*

785.73

+1.63

(2014-2015)

*Point of amalgamation of staffing returns between City and County Councils (Limerick, Waterford) or between two county councils (Tipperary).

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