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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, March 12, 2018

QUESTION NO.6

QUESTION: Councillor P. Foley

Could the Chief Executive provide information on the number of school wardens that were recruited in 2017 and what the recruitment plans, in 2018, for this vital service may be?

REPLY:

South Dublin County Council recruit directly to the post of Relief School Warden.  In 2017 the Council recruited 14 new Relief Wardens in this way , spread throughout the County.

Recruitment to the position of permanent School Warden is confined to the panel of relief School Wardens.  In 2017, twenty four relief School Wardens were placed on panels throughout the County.  To date, nineteen Wardens have taken up permanent posts.

Road Safety have been notified of a further 6 vacancies which will arise over the course of the coming year.  It is anticipated that the current panels will be exhausted in the coming months.

It is planned to form further permanent panels before the end of the school year.  It is also planned to recruit a minimum of 6 new relief Wardens.