Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 11 June 2025
175. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authorities that employ an international relations officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31128/25]
View answerUnder 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/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 on a whole time equivalent basis.
However, granular data, in terms of the number of international relations officers employed in each local authority, is not collected and consequently is not available in my Department. The relevant information would be available from each local authority.
