Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of publicly funded positions in the higher education sector during each of the years 2009 to 2013, inclusive. [20484/14]

Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage reduction in staff numbers in the higher education sector that has taken place since December 2008. [20499/14]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 54 and 67 together.

The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the attached table. I ask the Deputy to note that the numbers of positions for the years requested include mainstream posts funded from the Core Grant, undergraduate tuition fees (including grant in lieu of fees), Student Services Charge and the Student Contribution introduced in 2011 and does not include non-core and non exchequer funded research posts and other project posts funded from exchequer funds external to the Institutions. The data shows that there has been a 12.51% decrease overall in these publicly funded posts from 2008-2013.

*Core-funded staff i.e. mainstream posts funded from the Core Grant, undergraduate tuition fees (including grant in lieu of fees), Student Services Charge and the Student Contribution introduced in 2011. The table does not include non core Research posts and other project posts funded from exchequer funds external to the Institutions, and also excludes non exchequer funded research posts.