Thomas Pringle (Donegal South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am standing in for Deputy Catherine Murphy. I take it that the timing of the transfer has not been decided, given that the business plan is still being prepared by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. Would the Minister be amenable to the transfer of staff? This will place a larger administrative burden on local authorities, which are already suffering disproportionately from the recruitment embargo. Does she envisage that the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government will permit differential caps within and across counties?

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