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Local Authority Staff Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 February 2018

Tuesday, 13 February 2018

Ceisteanna (657)

Catherine Murphy

Ceist:

657. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the staffing numbers by local authority in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the new staff approvals sanctioned by local authority in 2016 and 2017; the outstanding requests pending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6684/18]

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My Department gathers quarterly data on staff numbers in local authorities.  The information requested for 2016 and 2017 is contained in the following table. Staffing levels for 2018 will be available at the end of each quarter during the year.

Staffing numbers for the local authority sector, as well as the broader public sector, are available on the Public Service Numbers Databank which is hosted and maintained by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and is available at the following link: http://databank.per.gov.ie/, providing access to information from 1980 onwards.

LOCAL AUTHORITY

Dec 2016 WTE

Dec 2017 WTE

Cork City

1241.21

1239.83

Dublin City

5290.15

5401.5

Galway City

421.41

419.66

Limerick City & County

1068.09

1105.48

Waterford City & County

769.17

764.48

Carlow

261.79

263.89

Cavan

372.3

389.7

Clare

719.34

744.09

Cork

1933.31

1991.76

Donegal

893.11

908.58

Dun Laoghaire

908.1

941.2

Fingal

1257.05

1278.74

Galway

751.4

732.68

Kerry

1080.88

1078.15

Kildare

848.5

869.8

Kilkenny

501.63

516.31

Laois

390.89

401.17

Leitrim

255.69

259.91

Longford

280.68

294.24

Louth

596.81

631.85

Mayo

923.81

969.91

Meath

645.91

674.7

Monaghan

386.57

383.96

Offaly

378.4

369.7

Roscommon

384.75

390.81

Sligo

380.71

401.01

South Dublin

1102.47

1122.36

Tipperary

982.83

990.15

Westmeath

438.39

438.35

Wexford

724.25

729.4

Wicklow

611.85

685.85

Total LAs

26,801.45

27,389.22

 

From 01 January 2016 to 31 December 2017, my Department has received 1,977 staff sanction requests from local authorities, of which 1,898 posts have been approved, and 79 posts are pending. The status of these requests is set out in the tables in the following links. Posts marked pending are, in general, awaiting supporting information prior to an informed decision being taken. There are a number of posts on hold pending the outcome of Workplace Relations Commission hearings.

2016 LA Applications

2017 LA Applications

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