Michael D'Arcy (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will leave it at that. On the last occasion the Minister appeared before the committee, I tried to probe the numbers of staff who work for the State. The Minister gave them just before I arrived, so I probably missed them. However, I wish to compare the number of people now with the number at the peak of the boom. The figure I am seeking is the number who are working now and who are on pensions as opposed to the numbers who were working and on pensions at the peak of the boom. I am trying to get the comparison between 2007 and 2017, a decade later.