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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, September 13, 2010

QUESTION NO.18

QUESTION: Councillor W. Lavelle

To ask the Manager to detail the number of dedicated whole-time staff employed on each of litter-cleansing and cemetery maintenance (under the management of the Environmental Services Department) and to advise on how these numbers compare with 2009 & 2008?

REPLY:

The burial grounds maintenance section is made up of one foreman of works, one assistant foreman of works and six general staff.  Staffing of this section has not changed over the period mentioned, 2008 to 2010, however the assistant foreman of works has been on long term sick leave for most of the current year.

The litter warden section is made up of six full time litter wardens.  This is one less than the number of wardens employed in the section during 2008 and 2009.  One litter warden retired in 2009, however the position left vacant by his retirement is outside the agreed staff establishment for the section.

There are currently 5 supervisery staff, 32 general staff and one clerical officer in the cleansing section. There are currently three general staff vacancies in the section due to the retirement of staff during 2009 and 2010.  The current staffing structure for the section was established at the end of 2007, at which time staff numbers in the section were increased by 12.