Written answers
Tuesday, 27 June 2023
Department of An Taoiseach
Public Sector Staff
Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party)
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86. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff employed by the Director Of Public Prosecutions, broken down by grade, for each of the past five years. [30307/23]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The below table details the number of staff employed in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, by grade, from 2019 to date.
| Grade | 2023 June 21st | 2022 Y/end | 2021 Y/end | 2020 Y/end | 2019 Y/end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary General | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Deputy Secretary | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Assistant Secretary | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| Principal Officer Higher* | 26 | 25 | 28 | 21 | 23 |
| Principal Officer | 26 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 13 |
| Assistant Principal Higher | 21 | 27 | 28 | 20 | 20 |
| Assistant Principal | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 |
| Prosecutor | 66 | 67 | 50 | 63 | 58 |
| Higher Executive Officer | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 |
| Higher Legal Executives | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Administration Officer | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Executive Officer | 20 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 21 |
| Staff Officer / Legal Executives | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Clerical Officer | 49 | 44 | 50 | 47 | 46 |
| Service Officer | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Total | 256 | 244 | 235 | 229 | 223 |
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