INCREASED PRESSURE ON CITY COUNCIL DUE TO STAFF REDUCTIONS

Date Published: 15-Mar-2012

Staff numbers at Galway City Council cannot be reduced any further without serverely impacting on services.

That's according to Acting City Manager Joe O'Neill who presented a report on public sector reform at a recent meeting of the local authority.

Staff numbers at the city council have reduced from 535 whole time equivalents in 2008 to a current staffing of 438.

Overtime has also been reduced from 2.7 million euro in 2008 to 700 thousand euro last year.

Speaking to Galway Bay fm news, Joe O'Neill says six staff left last month as part of the retirement scheme and no further cuts can be sustained.