Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the total number of staff employed by Sligo County Council on 1 January 2012; the grade and job title of every staff member; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56363/12]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The total number of staff employed by Sligo County Council on 31 December 2011 on a whole time equivalent basis (WTE) was 488.74. This represents a reduction of 127 WTE or 21% from the June 2008 figure of 615.9. The most recent figure available, for end September 2012, shows a further reduction to 462.38 WTE, indicating that staff numbers at the Council have reduced by 25% since 2008. My Department does not collect information in relation to the grade and job title of every individual staff member in each local authority.