Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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630. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of school traffic wardens employed nationally by county or local authority; if funding has been made available for extra wardens in view of the expansion of the Luas project across the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10885/18]

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. To this end, my Department gathers quarterly data on staff numbers in local authorities; however, the data gathered does not provide details in terms of the number of school traffic wardens employed nationally by county or local authority. Accordingly, the information requested is not available in my Department.

The funding for extra wardens in view of the expansion of the Luas project across the Dublin region is a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport.