Written answers
Tuesday, 19 February 2008
Department of Defence
Departmental Staff
9:00 pm
Noel Coonan (Tipperary North, Fine Gael)
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Question 124: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of civil servants by grade serving in his Department by grade on 1 January 1996, 1 January 2000 and 1 January 2008 together with the ratio of principal officers, assistant principal officers and higher executive officers to clerical officers. [6362/08]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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The reply is in the form of a tabular statement.
| Number of civil servants by grade serving in the Department of Defence | |||
| Grade | 1 Jan 1996 | 1 Jan 2000 | 1 Jan 2008 |
| Secretary General | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Assistant Secretary | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Head of Corporate Services | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Principal | 9 | 11 | 12.9 |
| Chief Technical Officer (Civil Defence) | 1 | 1 | — |
| Accountant Grade I | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Assistant Principal | 24 | 24 | 34 |
| Technical Officer Grade II | 2 | 2 | — |
| Higher Executive Officer | 58.5 | 64.5 | 49.4 |
| Properties Officer | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Administrative Officer | — | — | 2 |
| Executive Officer | 58.5 | 73.5 | 76.8 |
| Assistant Properties Officer | 1 | 1 | — |
| Staff Officer | 30 | 34 | 33.4 |
| Senior Technical Assistant | 1 | 1 | — |
| Clerical Officer | 131.5 | 172 | 133.8 |
| Clerical Assistant | 60.5 | Grade merged with Clerical Officer Grade | |
| Paperkeeper | 3 | — | — |
| Examiner of Maps | 1 | 1 | — |
| Total | 387 | 391 | 331.4 |
The ratio of Principal Officers, Assistant Principals and Higher Executive Officers to Clerical Officers is as follows:
| 1 Jan 1996 | 1 Jan 2000 | 1 Jan 2008 | |
| Principal to Clerical Officer | 1 : 15 | 1 : 16 | 1 : 10 |
| Assistant Principals to Clerical Officer | 1 : 5 | 1 : 7 | 1 : 4 |
| Higher Executive Officers to Clerical Officers | 1 : 2 | 1 : 3 | 1 : 3 |
The figures for 2008 exclude staff in the Civil Defence Board which was established as a separate agency on the 7th of May 2003.
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