502 Deputy Jimmy Devins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown of the number of people, both permanent and temporary, in each local authority at county council, city council and borough council level. [22290/09]

Based on the information supplied by local authorities, the numbers of staff, expressed in whole time equivalents, employed by each local authority at the end of March 2009 are set out in the following table. The borough councils are included in their relevant Local Authority.