Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of engineers employed in the roads department of Galway County Council; if they are allocated by geographic area or by project; and if they have the resources necessary to deliver their current work plan. [17989/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department gathers quarterly data on staff numbers in local authorities. The data gathered does not provide detail in respect of the number of engineers employed in the roads department of Galway County Council, the geographic area of their location or by project and accordingly the information requested is not available in my Department.

My Department works closely with Galway County Council in relation to the Council's overall staffing requirements. However, 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.