John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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205. To ask the Minister for Finance the current staffing levels at the Central Bank of Ireland, his Department and the Revenue Commissioners compared to five years ago. [25898/13]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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At 30 April 2008, my Department employed 623.57 Full-Time Equivalents (FTE). At 30 April 2013, the figure was 324.76. I have been advised by the Central Bank that at 23 April 2013 the Central Bank employed 1,393 staff- staff numbers at end-December 2008 were 1022.5. The Revenue Commissioners have provided me with the following table in response to the Deputy’s question.

Table: Revenue serving staff (Full-Time Equivalent (FTE)) 30 April 2008 and 30 April 2013