Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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263. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons working in the public service and the Civil Service in each year from 2008 to date in 2014; the expected numbers in the public service and Civil Service by the end of 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1005/14]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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The data requested by the Deputy in relation to the number of persons working in the civil and public service in each of the years 2008 to end Quarter 3 2013 is available at .  The numbers in respect of Quarter 4 2013 are currently being compiled and will be available on the databank in early February.

The overall numbers target for 2014 is 287,000.  A breakdown by Vote is provided in Table 6 -Public Service Staff Numbers (Whole Time Equivalents)  - of the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2014 which can be found on my Department's website at .

The number of Public Servants has fallen by some 30,000 since 2008, a structural downsizing of almost 10 percent.