Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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820. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the direct employment staffing levels at local authorities in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, by local authority and department within each local authority. [32605/17]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, 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 are available on the Public Service Numbers Databank website, which is hosted and maintained by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, the local government element of which is available at the following link: . The site provides access to local government sector staffing data from 2008 to end Q1 2017, which are the most recent figures available.

The data gathered focuses on broad numbers relating to employees, and is not broken down by 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.

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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821. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of staff that have retired from the outdoor road staff and housing maintenance departments within local authorities in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, by local authority and category. [32606/17]

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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822. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of staff taken on in the outdoor road and housing maintenance sections in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, by category and sourcing of staff, that is, transferred staff, direct employment, Gateway scheme, private contractors, agency workers and so on. [32607/17]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 821 and 822 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 staff that have retired from the outdoor road staff and housing maintenance departments. Neither does it provide detail on the number of staff taken on in the outdoor road and housing maintenance sections in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, by category and sourcing of staff, that is, transferred staff, direct employment, gateway scheme, private contractors, agency workers. Accordingly, the information requested is not available in my Department.

The following table shows the total number of outdoor workers from Dec 2014 to the most recent figures available i.e. March 2017.

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.