Written answers
Tuesday, 20 February 2007
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Local Authority Staff
10:00 am
Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 561: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of temporary planners or executive planners employed by each of the local authorities; the number of vacant positions for temporary or executive planners within each local authority; the reason for the temporary or vacant positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6494/07]
Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The latest information available in my Department for end 2005 is set out in the following table.
| Local Authority | Executive Planner — Permanent | Executive Planner — Temporary | Executive Planner — Vacancies |
| County Councils | |||
| Carlow | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cavan | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Clare | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Cork | 20 | 0 | 11 |
| Donegal | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Fingal | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| Galway | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Kerry | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Kildare | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Kilkenny | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Laois | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Leitrim | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Limerick | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Longford | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Louth | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mayo | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Meath | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Monaghan | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| North Tipperary | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Offaly | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sligo | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| South Dublin | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| South Tipperary | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Waterford | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Westmeath | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Wexford | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Wicklow | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| City Councils | |||
| Cork | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Dublin | 18 | 0 | 7 |
| Galway | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Limerick | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Waterford | 2 | 0 | 0 |
The staffing requirements in each local authority area, under section 159 of the Local Government Act, 2001, are a matter for the manager for the area, who is required to make such staffing and organisational arrangements as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out the functions of the local authorities for which he or she is responsible.
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