Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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262. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff recruited by local authorities to deliver more social housing units under the social housing strategy 2020 in each of the years 2014 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15739/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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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 authorities for which he or she is responsible. In this regard, recruitment of staff is a matter for each Chief Executive. The table below lists the posts sanctioned by my Department in response to requests from local authorities since 2014. These posts are made up of staff both directly funded by my Department to deliver on the goals of the Social Housing Strategyas well as staff funded through the local authorities own resources who work in or closely to the housing area.