David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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455. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of public servants; the total number of public servants that are members of trade unions or representative associations; the public sector unions and representative associations that have members in the public sector; the total number of members that each trade union and representative association has in the public sector; the total number of public sector workers in trade unions and representative associations that have signed up to the Lansdowne Road agreement; the total number of public sector workers in trade unions and representative associations that have not signed up to the Lansdowne Road agreement; and the total number of public sector workers that are not members of a trade union or representative association, in tabular form in each instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21190/16]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The number of public servants at  Q1 2016 is 300,302. A detailed breakdown of public service employee numbers is available at:

Membership of trade unions or representative associations in the public service and their voting records as members is a matter between the trade union or representative association and the individual public servants and my Department does not hold such data in respect of the public service.

The Public Service Committee of ICTU provides a non-exhaustive list of Unions with membership in the public service at  .