Eoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 456: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of staff working in the public sector, including in the civil services, that he deems to fall into the category of frontline staff, administrative, management, elected representative and any other relevant categories; and the way the pay budget is allocated across these categories in percentage and real terms in terms of as a proportion of the Department expenditure on salaries. [28789/12]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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As of March 2012 there were 28,811 whole time equivalent staff employed in local authorities. The table below provides a breakdown by category. Information on the allocation of pay by category of staff is not available in my Department.

The total number of elected members of local authorities is 1,627.