Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the public sector pay bill in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of full-time civil and public servants employed; and the whole-time equivalent employed for each of the above years. [39449/19]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The gross pay bill for the public sector for each of the years 2016 to 2018 is as follows:

2016 - €15.6 billion

2017 - €16.5 billion

2018 - €17.7 billion

The gross pay bill to end – August 2019 is €12.4 billion with an estimated cost for the whole of 2019 of €18.7 billion.

The number of whole time equivalent civil and public servants employed for each of the years 2016 to 2018 is as follows.

Civil Servants

Q4 2016 – 37,147

Q4 2017 – 38,553

Q4 2018 – 39,992

Public Servants

Q4 2016 – 309,751

Q4 2017 – 320,758

Q4 2018 – 330,576

A year-by-year breakdown of both the public sector pay bill and the number of civil and public servants is available on the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform’s Databank, accessible on .