Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 1048: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of his response to Question No. 570 of 5 April 2007, he will confirm that he has never 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. [15229/07]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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My Department wrote to the Department of Finance in October 2006 identifying a range of issues arising in relation to the current ceiling on local authority staff numbers, including increased servicing requirements in areas which have experienced high population growth. As indicated previously, I am continuing to keep the overall employment position in the local government sector under regular review, and my Department is maintaining appropriate contact with the Department of Finance in this regard.