Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, United Left)
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562. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of public sector workers employed in the maintenance section of Fingal County Council in 2008; and in 2014; his views on lifting the moratorium on recruitment, in this area; if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5555/15]

Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, United Left)
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563. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of public sector workers employed in the maintenance section of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council in 2008 and in 2014; his views on lifting the moratorium on recruitment in this area; if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5556/15]

Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, United Left)
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564. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of workers employed in the maintenance section of South Dublin County Council in 2008, and in 2014; his views on lifting the moratorium on recruitment in this area; if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5557/15]

Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, United Left)
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565. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of public sector workers employed in the maintenance section of Dublin City Council in 2008 and in 2014; his views on lifting the moratorium on recruitment in this area; if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5602/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 562 to 565, inclusive, together.

The information requested in relation to the number of public sector workers employed in local authority maintenance sections is not held in my Department.

In relation to the moratorium on recruitment, as announced in the recent Budget, it is proposed that with effect from 2015, the moratorium and the Employment Control Framework for the Public Service will be lifted but recruitment/promotion will be subject to adherence to binding 3 year pay ceilings. Staffing resources must be managed within these overall ceilings. Detailed arrangements in terms of the local authority sector are currently being worked out between my Department and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.