Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil and public servants as at end 2008 and at present, broken down by Department and, within each Department, by authority, agency or other institution under the aegis of that Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29302/09]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The number of people employed in the public service at the 31 December 2008 and the most recent available information, as reported to my Department, is presented in the following table. The public service is composed of the civil service, the education sector, the justice sector, the health sector, the local authorities and the non-commercial agencies. With regard to the 2009 numbers, the reported numbers for the civil service, defence sector and justice sector are for May 2009, the local authority and education sector numbers are for March 2009 and the health sector numbers are for April 2009. The updated numbers of people employed in the non-commercial agencies are currently being compiled and are not available at this time.

Public Service Numbers for Departments/Offices, Sectors and Agencies – Whole Time Equivalents (figures rounded to nearest whole number)

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff in his Department, including all authorities, agencies or other institutions under the aegis of his Department, who have applied for the incentivised early retirement scheme and the incentivised career break scheme; the number who have been made redundant in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29311/09]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The following table sets out the position in relation to staff in my Department and bodies under its aegis who have applied for the Incentivised Early Retirement Scheme, the Incentivised Career Break Scheme and who have been made redundant in 2009 to date.