John Brassil (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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766. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to immediately reverse the recruitment embargo on local authorities to allow them to recruit road and maintenance staff, given that staffing levels are totally inadequate and, as a result of this, roads are in chronic disrepair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6411/16]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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As announced in Budget 2015, the moratorium on recruitment has been lifted throughout the Public Sector. However, under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, each Chief Executive is responsible for staffing and organisational arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of the local authority for which he or she is responsible.

My Department works closely with all local authorities and will continue to do so, in relation to overall staffing requirements. All staffing requests are examined on a case by case basis having due regard to the continued delivery of key services and in the context of the affordability of the staff resource.