674. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the budget and number of staff working in his Department in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51569/19]

The information requested is set out for the end of each year in the table below.

It should be noted that the Department was subject to four transfers of functions in this period of time, with 124.68 members of staff transferring to other Departments between 2016 and 2018.