Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public sector workers employed according to sector and or Department in the following years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, February 2011, and currently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39604/12]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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The data on Public Service numbers sought by the Deputy is available on my Department’s website . Significant progress is being made in reducing the numbers employed in the Public Service. Since their peak in 2008 Public Service numbers have fallen by 28,000.