Written answers
Friday, 16 September 2016
Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
Local Authority Functions
Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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573. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will explain the role of a community warden; the way county councils can avail of this position; if he will provide a breakdown of the counties which have a community warden in place, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24782/16]
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 the staffing and organisational arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of the local authorities for which he or she is responsible. It is therefore, a matter for each individual Chief Executive to apply for sanction from my Department and, once approved, to recruit and assign staff to specific divisions within their organisation. My Department does not have any information on which authorities employ Community Wardens nor does it have any sanction requests on hand for Community Wardens.
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