Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 326: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people working in his Department; the number earning below €50,000 per annum; the number earning between €50,001 and €60,000 per annum; the number earning between €60,001 and €70,000 per annum; the number earning between €70,001 and €80,000 per annum; the number earning between €80,001 and €90,000 per annum; the number earning between €90,001 and €100,000 per annum; the number earning over €100,001 per annum; the number in each staff category (details supplied) for each income band. [47020/08]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 327: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of civil and public servants working in or under the aegis of his Department for each year from 2002 to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47035/08]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 328: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of locations where civil and public servants working in or under the aegis of his Department are located; the locations of same; the number, and the number in each category (details supplied) of staff at each location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47050/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 326 to 328, inclusive, together.

There are 2,407 staff currently serving in my Department. This includes those agencies that are staffed by my Department. It does not include bodies in the wider Justice sector that recruit their own staff such as those of the Courts Service, Garda Síochána, Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, Legal Aid Board, Property Registration Authority and non-administrative staff in the Irish Prisons Service. Figures for previous years are not readily available and in any event they would not be comparable with current figures. A breakdown of the number of staff in the various income bands outlined by the Deputy is set out in the following table:

As certain grades are in two or more income bands due to the salary range and/or the work attendance patterns of individuals, it would not provide any meaningful information to include a breakdown of the grades under each band. The staff of my Department and associated agencies covered in this reply are distributed across a large number of locations in Dublin and around the country. Staff in Dublin are currently based in some 29 individual locations across the capital, including 10 Probation Service offices. Outside Dublin, staff are based in 7 decentralised locations (Killarney, Longford, Tipperary, Portarlington, Portlaoise, Navan and Roscrea). In addition, there are 31 regional Probation Service offices. In view of the large number of staff, grades and locations involved, the provision of a detailed breakdown in this regard would involve a disproportionate amount of staff time and resources.