Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 512: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will lift the public sector recruitment embargo for rapidly expanding local authorities such as Fingal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21654/07]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 513: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a study has been done on the effect that the public sector recruitment embargo has had on services delivered by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21655/07]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 512 and 513 together.

I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 1137 and 1159 of 26 September, 2007. While no formal study has been carried out, the views of local authorities including authorities with rapidly expanding populations are informing the current consultation between my Department and the Department of Finance in relation to the current ceiling on local authority staff numbers.