George Lee (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 201: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average wage and number of staff employed by his Department each year from 1997 to 2008, inclusive, broken down by job title and grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43937/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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My Department does not retain, in a readily-accessible format, the information requested by the Deputy. The Department has, for instance, a significant number of staff who have irregular work patterns which would make the calculation of averages difficult and potentially misleading. Furthermore, as well as the usual mix of administrative grades found across the Civil Service, my Department has a range of professional and technical grades. In addition, the structure of my Department has changed and evolved over the years, reflecting an expansion in the Department's responsibilities within the Justice Sector. With regard to pay rates, increases over the period 1997 to 2008 were in accordance with the terms of successive partnership agreements.