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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, September 21, 2015

QUESTION NO.5

QUESTION: Councillor J. Lahart

To ask the Chief Executive to outline whether he has plans to employ any additional outdoor staff to bolster the Parks and Landscape and Public Realm sections of the Council in meeting the demands of litter management and open space and road margins maintenance in the county?

REPLY:

The Council is in the process of working through the Workforce Plan agreed with staff and unions earlier this year. Notices of employment opportunities for permanent and temporary General Operative staff in South Dublin County Council were advertised in July and a significant response has been received. Following the shortlisting and interview process, it is expected that a number qualifying candidates will be assigned to positions in the Public Realm Section to support operations and work programmes including litter management and open space and road margin maintenance in the county.