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Tuesday, 18 April 2023

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

Public Sector Staff

Photo of Rose Conway-WalshRose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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450. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of WTEs employed in the public service in each year since 2006 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17110/23]

Photo of Paschal DonohoePaschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The table below sets out the total number of public service employees, in full time equivalent terms, including Local Authorities and Oireachtas staff, in each of the years from 2006 to 2022.  This  data, which was notified to my Department by the relevant organisations, is publicly available on the Department's website at databank.per.gov.ie/Public_Service_Numbers.aspx.

Year Total Public Service Employees (FTE)
2006 304,512
2007 313,037
2008 325,117
2009 315,059
2010 310,201
2011 301,572
2012 294,608
2013 291,838
2014 293,346
2015 301,589
2016 309,751
2017 320,758
2018 330,576
2019 339,258
2020 350,454
2021 365,893
2022 376,216

Photo of Rose Conway-WalshRose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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451. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the gross Exchequer pay bill for each year since 2006 to date; and the gross Exchequer pay bill as a percentage of total Government expenditure for each year since 2006, in tabular form. [17111/23]

Photo of Paschal DonohoePaschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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Public Expenditure is categorised into current and capital. Current expenditure is further broken down into pay, pensions and non-pay expenditure. The trend in pay expenditure is set out in the table below.  

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