Eoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 518: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of staff working in the public sector, including in the civil services, that he deems to fall into the category of frontline staff, administrative, management, elected representative and any other relevant categories; and the way the pay budget is allocated across these categories in percentage and real terms in terms of as a proportion of the Department expenditure on salaries. [28793/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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There are approximately 22,800 staff employed by my Department and Agencies under its aegis. This includes some 13,600 members of An Garda Síochána; 3,250 Prison Officers; and 270 Probation Officers, most of whom could be described as "front-line". The above numbers are expressed as whole time equivalents.

It is not possible to provide the exact pay breakdown sought by the Deputy. However, the overall pay budget for my Department and Agencies under its aegis as published in the 2012 Revised Estimates Volume is €1,409 million which includes approximately €960 million in respect of An Garda Síochána pay, €240 million in respect of Prison Service pay and €21 million in respect of the Probation Service pay. This would equate to 87% approximately of the Justice Votes.

It is of course the case that there would be a range of other staff across the Justice Sector, including administrative civil servants, many of whose roles would involve a mixture of administrative/front-line duties.