Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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27. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a person will be appointed as biodiversity officer in Galway City Council in view of the obligations under climate change legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15974/20]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Galway City Council sought sanction approval from my Department for an additional post of Biodiversity Officer on 6 December 2019. Formal sanction approval was communicated to the Council on 11 December 2019 for the post on a permanent basis, subject to Galway City Council being satisfied that it has sufficient budgetary resources to meet the salary of this post.

The recruitment and appointment of the post is a matter for Galway City Council in accordance with section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, which provides that each Chief Executive is responsible for the staffing and organisational arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of the local authority for which he or she is responsible.