COUNTY COUNCIL SAY ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF HAS DOUBLED IN 12 YEARS

Date Published: 28-Apr-2008

The number of administrative staff on Galway county council has doubled to 621 in the past twelve years. However figures released at today's county council meeting reveal that while the administrative sector has swelled the number of outdoor staff has dropped The staff figures revealed today paint a picture of the changing workforce of Galway county council. Senior Executive Officer with Corporate and Cultural Affairs Breda McDermott told Fine Gael Councillor Tom McHugh that 1216 people worked for Galway county council on 31 December 1995. Some twelve years later on 21 December 2007, that figure has swelled to 1466 employees. There were just 316 administrative staff working for the council in 1995, rising to 621 by 2007. Meanwhile the number of outdoor council staff dropped from 900 to 845 in the twelve year period.