Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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157. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of permanent employees that ceased working with Galway county council in each of the years 2011 to 2016 in tabular form. [26175/17]

Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of permanent positions that remain unfilled in Galway county council in each of the years 2011 to 2016 in tabular form. [26176/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 157 and 158 together.

My Department gathers quarterly data on staff numbers in local authorities. The data gathered does not provide detail in respect of the number of permanent employees that ceased working with Galway County Council and accordingly the information requested is not available in my Department. Broad staffing numbers for the local authority sector are available on the Public Service Numbers Databank which is hosted and maintained by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and is available at the following link: . The Databank provides access to information from 1980 onwards.

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.

Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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159. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of full-time employees working in Galway county council from 2011 to 2016 in tabular form. [26177/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department is responsible for workforce planning for the local government sector, including monitoring of local government sector employment levels. Staffing numbers for the local authority sector, broken down by individual local authority, are available on the Public Service Numbers Databank which is hosted and maintained by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and is available at the following link: . The Databank provides access to information from 1980 onwards.

Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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160. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of director of services positions not filled in Galway county council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26178/17]

Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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161. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of director of services positions not filled in Galway city council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26179/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 160 and 161 together.

There is currently one vacancy for Director of Services in Galway County Council. A competition to fill this vacancy is currently underway, through the Public Appointments Service.

There are currently no vacancies at Director of Services level in Galway City Council.

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, recruitment is a matter for each individual Chief Executive.

Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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162. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of full-time engineers and senior engineers that are full time employees of Galway County Council engaged in the road maintenance programme in each of the years 2011 to 2016 by area in Oranmore, Athenry, Tuam, Connemara, Ballinasloe, Loughrea, Gort and Portumna in tabular form. [26180/17]

Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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163. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of full-time outdoor staff that are full-time employees of Galway County Council engaged in the road maintenance programme from 2011 to 2016 by area in Oranmore, Athenry, Tuam, Connemara, Ballinasloe, Loughrea, Gort and Portumna in tabular form. [26181/17]

Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of seasonal employees employed by Galway County Council engaged in road maintenance programme from 2011 to 2016 by area in Oranmore, Athenry, Tuam, Connemara, Ballinasloe, Loughrea, Gort and Portumna in tabular form. [26182/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 162 to 164, inclusive, together.

My Department gathers quarterly data on staff numbers in local authorities. The data gathered does not provide detail in respect of the number of full time engineers, senior engineers, full time employees and seasonal employees of Galway County Council that are engaged in the road maintenance programme in Oranmore, Athenry, Tuam, Connamera, Ballinasloe, Loughrea, Gort and Portumna.  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.