Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 379: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism 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. [47010/08]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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There are currently 183 people working in the Department, which includes the National Archives. The salary details requested by the Deputy are set out as follows:

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 380: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism 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. [47025/08]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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In the case of the Department, including the National Archives, the core number of staff, based on whole time equivalents, all of whom are civil servants, is as follows:

In the case of the agencies under the aegis of the Department, funded from the Department's Vote, the total core number is as follows:

These staff are almost exclusively public servants. The changes in 2005 were due to the establishment as separate legal entities of the National Museum of Ireland and the National Library of Ireland, which were up to then part of the Department. The figures also reflect a continued reduction in staffing numbers from 2002 in line with Government policy. The additional figures for 2006 arose from the amalgamation of the Regional Tourism Authorities with Fáilte Ireland, involving an incorporation of the former staff of the Regional Tourism Authorities and the recognition of the Crawford Gallery as a National Cultural Institution.