Local Authorities

Tuesday, 8 July 2025

Questions (540)

Aidan Farrelly

Question:

540. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of staff employed at each of the 31 local authorities at the end of 2024, in tabular form. [37835/25]

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Written answers

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

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.

Staffing numbers for the local authority sector broken down by local authority area at end Q4 2024 are available on the Public Service Numbers databank, which is hosted and maintained by the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation and is available at the following link:

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