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Friday, 7 September 2018

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government

Local Authority Staff Recruitment

Photo of Seán SherlockSeán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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1329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of requests for allowances to hire front-line staff in a local authority (details supplied) for 2017 and to date in 2018; and the number granted and refused respectively in tabular form. [36416/18]

Photo of Eoghan MurphyEoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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Under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, it is the Chief Executive of the Council who is responsible for staffing and organisational arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of the local authority.

I have delegated authority to the Cork City Chief Executive to fill vacancies that arise within the context of agreed workforce planning numbers without recourse to my Department. Outside of these agreed numbers, an application must be made to my Department for sanction approval for additional staff. Since 1 January 2017, my Department has received 42 staff sanction requests from Cork City Council for additional staff and all 42 requests have been approved. Further details on these requests are set out in the attached table.

My Department works closely with Cork City Council and is in regular contact with the relevant staff in the Council to ensure staffing needs are addressed in an efficient manner.

2017
Title of PostNumber Status
Senior Engineer
1
Approved
Senior Executive Librarian
1
Approved
Senior Executive Librarian
1
Approved
Staff Officer Library
1
Approved
Senior Executive Engineer
1
Approved
Assistant Civil Defence Officer
1
Approved
Senior Executive Engineer
1
Approved
Senior Engineer
1
Approved
Third Fire Officer
1
Approved
Second Fire Officer
1
Approved
2018
Title of PostNumber Status
Assistant Engineer
1
Approved
Administrative Officer
1
Approved
Executive Architect - Assigned Certifier
1
Approved
Assistant Architect
2
Approved
Executive Architect
2
Approved
Senior Executive Engineer
1
Approved
Directorate Support
6
Approved
Team Leader - Transition Directorate
2
Approved
Administrative Support - Transition Directorate
1
Approved
Team Member - Transition Directorate
2
Approved
SEO Housing Capital & Construction
1
Approved
Clerical Officer Capital & Regeneration
1
Approved
Assistant Engineer Housing Capital & Regeneration
1
Approved
Clerical Officer Rent Arrear, Housing, Community
4
Approved
Housing Officer Grade 5 Housing & Community
1
Approved
SEO Head of Business Services
1
Approved
Head of Human Resources
1
Approved
Project Liaison Officer Grade 6 Housing Capital
1
Approved
Executive Engineer Housing Capital & Regeneration
2
Approved

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