Written answers
Thursday, 9 July 2009
Department of Finance
Public Service Staff
12:00 pm
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)
Dec-08 | May-09 | |
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD | ||
Civil Service | 4,289 | 4,160 |
NCSSBs | ||
Bord Bia | 96 | - |
Bord Iascaigh Mhara | 143 | - |
Marine Institute | 196 | - |
National Milk Agency | 6 | - |
Sea Fisheries Protection Authority | 101 | - |
Teagasc | 1,574 | - |
DEPARTMENT OF ARTS, SPORTS & TOURISM | ||
Civil Service | 174 | 161 |
NCSSBs | ||
Arts Council | 62 | - |
Bord Scannan na hÉireann – Irish Film Board | 16 | - |
Chester Beatty Library | 36 | - |
Fáilte Ireland | 389 | - |
Irish Museum of Modern Art | 68 | - |
Irish Sports Council | 29 | - |
National Concert Hall | 68 | - |
National Library of Ireland | 122 | - |
National Museum of Ireland | 181 | - |
National Sports Campus Development Authority | 4 | - |
SFADCo (Tourism) | 31 | - |
Tourism Ireland | 162 | - |
NATIONAL GALLERY | 59 | 57 |
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES | ||
Civil Service | 301 | 292 |
NCSSBs | ||
Broadcasting Commission of Ireland | 38 | - |
Central Fisheries Board | 85 | - |
Commission for Communication Regulation | 120 | - |
Commission for Energy Regulation | 68 | - |
Digital Hub Development Authority | 15 | - |
Eastern Regional Fisheries Board | 53 | - |
Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission | 53 | - |
National Oil Reserves Agency | 5 | - |
Northern Regional Fisheries Board | 43 | - |
North-Western Regional Fisheries Board | 50 | - |
Shannon Regional Fisheries Board | 53 | - |
Southern Regional Fisheries Board | 40 | - |
South-Western Regional Fisheries Board | 39 | - |
Sustainable Energy Ireland | 59 | - |
Western Regional Fisheries Board | 61 | - |
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY, RURAL & GAELTACHT AFFAIRS | ||
Civil Service | 273 | 270 |
NCSSBs | ||
Boord o Ulster-Scotch (An Foras Teanga) | 16 | - |
Foras na Gaeilge (An Foras Teanga) | 50 | - |
Údarás na Gaeltachta | 113 | - |
Waterways Ireland | 343 | - |
Western Development Commission | 17 | - |
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE | ||
Civil Service | 408 | 397 |
Defence Sector | 11,265 | 11,109 |
NCSSBs | ||
Coiste an Asgard | 0 | |
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION & SCIENCE | ||
Civil Service | 1,681 | 1,681 |
Education Sector | 93,409 | 93,508 |
NCSSBs | ||
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies | 65 | - |
Further Education and Training Awards Council (FETAC) | 53 | - |
Grangegorman Development Agency | 6 | - |
Higher Education and Training Awards Council (HETAC) | 30 | - |
Higher Education Authority | 59 | - |
Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology | 6 | - |
Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Science | 7 | - |
National Education Welfare Board | 103 | - |
National Qualifications Authority of Ireland | 24 | - |
Royal Irish Academy | 67 | - |
Royal Irish Academy of Music | 70 | - |
DEPARTMENT OF ENTERPRISE, TRADE & EMPLOYMENT | ||
Civil Service | 1,105 | 1,089 |
NCSSBs | ||
City and County Enterprise Boards | 122 | - |
Competition Authority | 48 | - |
Enterprise Ireland | 903 | - |
Foras Áiseanna Saothair | 2,242 | - |
Forfás | 130 | - |
Health and Safety Authority | 200 | - |
IDA Ireland | 282 | - |
InterTrade Ireland | 43 | - |
Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority | 11 | - |
National Consumer Agency | 54 | - |
National Standards Authority of Ireland | 157 | - |
Personal Injuries Assessment Board | 75 | - |
Science Foundation Ireland | 48 | - |
SFADCo Ltd (Industrial) | 132 | - |
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HERITAGE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT | ||
Civil Service | 1,218 | 1,183 |
Local Authorities | 35,008 | 34,179 |
NCSSBs | ||
Affordable Homes Partnership | 11 | - |
An Bord Pleanála | 167 | - |
Dublin Docklands Authority | 47 | - |
Environmental Protection Agency | 358 | - |
Heritage Council | 16 | - |
Housing Finance Agency | 12 | - |
Irish Water Safety Association | 6 | - |
Limerick Northside Regeneration Agency | 7 | - |
Limerick Southside Regeneration Agency | 9 | - |
Local Government Computer Services Board | 94 | - |
Local Government Management Services Board | 30 | - |
National Building Agency | 61 | - |
Private Residential Tenancies Board | 23 | - |
Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland | 48 | - |
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE | ||
Civil Service | 631 | 619 |
NCSSBs | ||
Special EU Programmes Body | 62 | |
COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE APPOINTMENTS | 12 | 12 |
COMPTROLLER & AUDITOR GENERAL | 154 | 151 |
OFFICE OF PUBLIC WORKS | 722 | 703 |
OMBUDSMAN | 94 | 92 |
PRESIDENTS ESTABLISHMENT | 21 | 21 |
PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS SERVICE | 146 | 142 |
REVENUE COMMISSIONERS | 6,659 | 6,535 |
STATE LABORATORY | 91 | 97 |
VALUATION OFFICE | 158 | 158 |
DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS | 1,245 | 1,301 |
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & CHILDREN | ||
Civil Service | 522 | 524 |
Health Sector | 111,493 | 111,642 |
NCSSBs | ||
An Bord Altranais - The Nursing Board 1985 | 49 | - |
Children's Act Advisory Board | 14 | - |
Crisis Pregnancy Agency | 15 | - |
Dental Council 2001 | 5 | - |
Food Safety Authority of Ireland | 90 | - |
Food Safety Promotion Board | 26 | - |
Health & Social Care Professionals Council 2007 | 1 | - |
Health Information and Quality Authority | 74 | - |
Health Insurance Authority | 9 | - |
Health Research Board | 84 | - |
Irish Medicines Board | 245 | - |
Mental Health Commission | 32 | - |
National Cancer Registry Board | 47 | - |
National Cancer Screening Service | 259 | - |
National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery | 12 | - |
National Council on Ageing and Older People | 8 | - |
National Paediatric Hospital Development Board | 1 | - |
National Social Work Qualifications Board | 7 | - |
National Treatment Purchase Fund | 46 | - |
Office of Tobacco Control | 9 | - |
Opticians Board 1956 | 19 | - |
Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland 1875 | 19 | - |
Postgraduate Medical and Dental Board | 16 | - |
Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council | 16 | - |
Women's Health Council | 5 | - |
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, EQUALITY AND LAW REFORM | ||
Civil Service | 9,176 | 9,023 |
Justice Sector | 15,384 | 15,300 |
NCSSBs | ||
Human Rights Commission | 20 | - |
National Disability Authority | 41 | - |
COURTS SERVICE | 1,098 | 1,077 |
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL & FAMILY AFFAIRS | ||
Civil Service | 4,610 | 4,793 |
NCSSBs | ||
Citizens Information Board | 86 | - |
Combat Poverty Agency | 24 | - |
Family Support Agency | 39 | - |
Pensions Board | 42 | - |
DEPARTMENT OF THE TAOISEACH | ||
Civil Service | 235 | 231 |
NCSSBs | ||
National Economic and Social Development Office | 19 | - |
ATTORNEY GENERAL | 128 | 127 |
CENTRAL STATISTICS OFFICE | 847 | 818 |
CHIEF STATE SOLICITOR | 245 | 242 |
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS | 197 | 198 |
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT | ||
Civil Service | 581 | 572 |
NCSSBs | ||
Commission for Aviation Regulation | 19 | - |
Commission for Taxi Regulation | 37 | - |
Medical Bureau of Road Safety | 34 | - |
National Roads Authority | 144 | - |
Railway Safety Commission | 8 | - |
Road Safety Authority | 319 | - |
OIREACHTAS | 497 | 498 |
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.
Department/Office | Incentivised Early Retirement Scheme | Incentivised Career Break Scheme | Redund-ancies |
Department of Finance | 17 | 6 | 0 |
National Treasury Management Agency | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Revenue Commissioners | 150 | 106 | 1 |
Office of Public Works | 8 | 33 | 0 |
Public Appointments Service | 0 | 3 | 0 |
State Laboratory | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Valuation Office | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Commission on Public Service Appointments | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Comptroller & Auditor General | 8 | 2 | 0 |
Office of the Appeals Commissioner | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ombudsman's Office | 0 | 1 | 0 |
IPA | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ESRI | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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