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15/10/2012
500 Jobs To Go In 'Biggest Shakeup Of Local Government'
Reform plans being put to the cabinet on Tuesday morning will see up to 500 council staff being made redundant in the biggest shakeup of local government in the history of the State.
Environment Minister Phil Hogan will present the reforms which will see the number of staff working for councils reduced by 500 in a targeted redundancy scheme to save €24m.
Local government staffing has already been reduced by 8,500, almost a quarter of staff, in the past five years, bringing the pay bill down by €288m.
The total number of councillors across the country will be reduced from 1,627 to 950.
The role of town councillors will be scrapped with enhanced county councils looking after towns and counties.
Dublin and the east coast will end up getting more city and county councillors in a re-balancing of the allocations.
It is understood there is agreement between Fine Gael and the Labour Party on the radical new proposals.
Aside from the changes in personnel, the reforms will make councils more accountable to the public and give a clearer picture of their exact role.
The cuts will be achieved through the abolition of all 744 town councillors and marginally increasing the number of city and county councillors from 883 to a maximum of 950.
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Environment Minister Phil Hogan will present the reforms which will see the number of staff working for councils reduced by 500 in a targeted redundancy scheme to save €24m.
Local government staffing has already been reduced by 8,500, almost a quarter of staff, in the past five years, bringing the pay bill down by €288m.
The total number of councillors across the country will be reduced from 1,627 to 950.
The role of town councillors will be scrapped with enhanced county councils looking after towns and counties.
Dublin and the east coast will end up getting more city and county councillors in a re-balancing of the allocations.
It is understood there is agreement between Fine Gael and the Labour Party on the radical new proposals.
Aside from the changes in personnel, the reforms will make councils more accountable to the public and give a clearer picture of their exact role.
The cuts will be achieved through the abolition of all 744 town councillors and marginally increasing the number of city and county councillors from 883 to a maximum of 950.
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