Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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177. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of planners employed by the relevant local authorities in counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Clare respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24992/17]

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 planners employed by the relevant local authorities in counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Clare and accordingly the information requested is not available in my Department. 

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. In this regard, it is a matter for each individual Chief Executive to recruit and assign staff to specific functional areas.