Written answers
Tuesday, 29 June 2010
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Local Authority Staff
10:00 am
Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent)
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Question 496: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons employed by town councils in 2008 and 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27847/10]
John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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My Department does not compile data regarding the number of persons employed by town councils. However the total number of permanent and temporary staff employed across all 34 local authorities at end of December 2009 was 30,564 and 1,691 respectively, compared to 31,897 and 3,166 at end of December 2008. A breakdown by authority is provided in the table.
Local Authority | December 2008 | December 2009 | ||
Permanent | Temporary | Permanent | Temporary | |
Cork City | 1422 | 71 | 1384 | 36 |
Dublin City | 6795 | 137 | 6375 | 105 |
Galway City | 434 | 101 | 428 | 60 |
Limerick City | 515 | 40 | 511 | 18 |
Waterford City | 387 | 77 | 356 | 54 |
Carlow | 318 | 40 | 310 | 21 |
Cavan | 462 | 18 | 429 | 17 |
Clare | 768 | 140 | 738 | 90 |
Cork | 2414 | 229 | 2284 | 80 |
Donegal | 983 | 210 | 958 | 50 |
Dun Laoghaire | 1190 | 52 | 1128 | 68 |
Fingal | 1521 | 68 | 1445 | 45 |
Galway | 870 | 196 | 840 | 95 |
Kerry | 1157 | 191 | 1141 | 84 |
Kildare | 910 | 185 | 900 | 47 |
Kilkenny | 565 | 51 | 551 | 17 |
Laois | 390 | 48 | 385 | 21 |
Leitrim | 312 | 18 | 292 | 11 |
Limerick | 735 | 59 | 712 | 27 |
Longford | 339 | 43 | 303 | 27 |
Louth | 710 | 24 | 679 | 13 |
Mayo | 1115 | 182 | 1064 | 113 |
Meath | 642 | 158 | 628 | 75 |
Monaghan | 433 | 22 | 422 | 12 |
Offaly | 459 | 40 | 453 | 25 |
Roscommon | 527 | 55 | 519 | 32 |
Sligo | 527 | 60 | 498 | 32 |
South Dublin | 1285 | 188 | 1240 | 163 |
Tipperary North | 465 | 98 | 461 | 43 |
Tipperary South | 680 | 27 | 645 | 9 |
Waterford | 530 | 71 | 530 | 36 |
Westmeath | 481 | 56 | 461 | 27 |
Wexford | 791 | 72 | 757 | 48 |
Wicklow | 765 | 139 | 737 | 90 |
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