Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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791. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the detail of current vacancies including grade and area in Galway county council; the length of time of each vacancy; the reason for the vacancies; when it is expected the positions will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39542/17]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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My Department gathers quarterly data on staff numbers in local authorities. The data gathered does not provide the detail the Deputy is looking for in terms of vacancies within Galway County 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, it is a matter for each individual Chief Executive to recruit and assign staff to specific functional areas.

My Department currently has five staff sanction requests from Galway County Council, which are currently under consideration. These sanction requests all relate to posts within the Galway library service.