Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 518: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the embargo on local authority staff recruitment is having a detrimental affect on the quality of services and infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13579/07]

Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 570: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has written to the Minister for Finance seeking the lifting of the embargo on the recruitment of local authority staff in the greater Dublin area and other areas experiencing large population growth. [13917/07]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 518 and 570 together.

I am continuing to keep the overall employment position in the local government sector under regular review, having regard to the need to deliver quality front line services and achieve value for money within the parameters of Government policy on public service employment generally. My Department maintains appropriate contact with the Department of Finance in this matter.