Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 1515: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the cap on local authority staff numbers (details supplied); if this matter will be discussed with the Minister for Finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2428/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The cap on local authority staffing levels arose from a Government decision in December 2002 to cap public service numbers at the then existing authorised level and to reduce numbers across all sectors by the end of 2005. Numbers in the local authorities were to be reduced by 1,000 over that period. Returns of the number of persons employed by local authorities for the quarter ending December 2005 are not yet available. The Minister for Finance announced in his Budget Statement on 7 December 2005 that it is the Government's intention to continue to regulate and control numbers in the public service, including local authorities, within agreed ceilings, and my Department will be maintaining appropriate contact with the Department of Finance in that regard.

Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 1516: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the staffing issues referred to in Parliamentary Question No. 665 of 15 November 2005 have been resolved. [2429/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I refer to the reply to Question No. 250 of 1 December 2005.