Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 377: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of whole-time equivalents serving in the grades of Secretary General, deputy secretary general, assistant secretary general, higher principal officer, principal officer, higher assistant principal officer, assistant principal officer, higher executive officer, executive officer, staff officer and clerical officer on the latest date for which figures are available in his Department; and the breakdown of these figures for each of the agencies and bodies under the auspices of his Department, including the Garda Síochána, the Courts Service, the Law Reform Commission, the Equality Authority, the Equality Tribunal, the Probation Service, the Prison Service, the Law Reform Commission, and the Private Security Authority. [3273/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The number of whole-time equivalent staff serving in my Department and executive offices and agencies staffed by it in the grades concerned is as follows: 1 Secretary General, 8 Assistant Secretaries, 81 Principal Officers, 175 Assistant Principal Officers, 219 Higher Executive Officers, 366 Executive Officers, 34 Staff Officers and 661 Clerical Officers.

The above figures include staff in these grades in agencies such as the Equality Authority, Equality Tribunal, the Probation Service and the Private Security Authority, to which the Deputy specifically refers.

Detailed staffing figures are currently being finalised in respect of a number of other agencies or bodies under the auspices of the Department who recruit their own staff. This information will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.