Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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409. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff in each local authority in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39561/23]

Darragh 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.

Staffing numbers for the local authority sector for the period sought are available on the Public Service Numbers databank, which is hosted and maintained by the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (DPENDR) and is available at the following link:

databank.per.gov.ie/Public_Service_Numbers.aspx?rep=LA

The DPENDR databank is currently updated to the end of Q1 2023. Staffing numbers for the end of Q2 2023 will be published in due course.