Written answers
Wednesday, 29 September 2010
Department of Finance
Public Service Staffing
11:00 pm
Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
Link to this: Individually | In context
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of persons in public service employment here for each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31920/10]
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context
The Public Service Numbers reported to my Department for each of the past 10 years are set out in table 1 below.
| Table 1: Public Service Numbers at end-year 2000-2009 | |||||||||
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| 247,343 | 269,799 | 279,274 | 279,609 | 284,787 | 292,129 | 304,512 | 312,131 | 319,440 | 309,791 |
| *Note that the above figures are on a whole-time equivalent basis, and are subject to revisions reflecting methodological changes and updated information regarding numbers in particular sectors. |
These staff numbers include public servants whose pay is not in all cases funded directly by the Exchequer. The largest category of these is Local Authority employees but there are also staff in some Non-commercial State Agencies whose pay is funded from the own resources of these bodies.
No comments