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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, July 11, 2016

QUESTION NO.14

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

To ask the Chief Executive to report to the Council on his recent meeting, with other County executives, with Simon Coveney TD Minister for Housing Planning and Local Government in the Department; will he outline what was agreed at that meeting and will he also confirm if he raised with the Minister the question of additional funding being made to our Council to allow for the deployment of sufficient staff in our Housing Department to deal effectively with the Housing plans of this Council.

REPLY:

There was not an opportunity to have a meaningful discussion prior to his briefing the elected members at the June Council meeting due to time restraints.

The Council is progressing provision and supply of Social Housing units in line with the Housing Strategy and as set out in the report to the March Council Meeting. A quarterly review of the workforce plan for the organisation has been completed as a result of which a significant number of additional clerical officers are being recruited for Housing. While there are a number of vacancies at present there is ongoing recruitment to fill those vacancies and bring the staff numbers in the Department back up to its full complement as identified in the workforce plan.