Written answers

Thursday, 28 January 2021

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government

Local Authority Staff

Photo of Pádraig O'SullivanPádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of planning enforcement officers employed by Cork City Council in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4705/21]

Photo of Pádraig O'SullivanPádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of planning enforcement officers employed by Cork County Council in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4706/21]

Photo of Darragh O'BrienDarragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos.93 and 94 together.

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 authority for which he or she is responsible.

My Department oversees workforce planning for the local government sector, including the monitoring of local government sector employment levels. To this end, my Department gathers aggregate quarterly data on staff numbers in each local authority. However, granular data, in terms of the specific role and function of each individual staff member, is not collected and consequently is not available in my Department. Such information may be sought directly from the relevant local authority.

Photo of Pádraig O'SullivanPádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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95. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Cork City Council employs an equine officer; if he will provide further information in relation to this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4707/21]

Photo of Darragh O'BrienDarragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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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 authority for which he or she is responsible.

My Department oversees workforce planning for the local government sector, including the monitoring of local government sector employment levels. To this end, my Department gathers aggregate quarterly data on staff numbers in each local authority. However, granular data, in terms of the specific role and function of each individual staff member, is not collected and consequently is not available in my Department. The relevant information would be available from Cork City Council.

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