Written answers
Tuesday, 4 November 2025
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Departmental Staff
Barry Ward (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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596. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of employees currently in his Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58491/25]
Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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The table below shows the number of employees by grade currently in my Department and the number of staff per year each year since 2015;
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary General | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Deputy Secretary* | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Assistant Secretary* | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| Principal Officer* | 55 | 50 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 68 | 70 | 69 | 68 | 62 | 69 |
| Assistant Principal* | 109 | 114 | 125 | 140 | 138 | 142 | 151 | 156 | 164 | 169 | 201 |
| Higher Executive Officer* | 130 | 129 | 124 | 137 | 141 | 137 | 146 | 133 | 148 | 152 | 161 |
| Administrative Officer* | 15 | 19 | 20 | 27 | 34 | 33 | 50 | 56 | 62 | 63 | 66 |
| Executive Officer* | 202 | 199 | 226 | 217 | 218 | 218 | 235 | 235 | 247 | 251 | 263 |
| Staff Officer | 26 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clerical Officer* | 262 | 259 | 258 | 262 | 262 | 269 | 254 | 261 | 259 | 290 | 291 |
| Head Service Officer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Deputy Head Service Officer | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Services Officer | 16 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 17 |
| Services Attendant | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Sup of Cleaners | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Cleaner | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Total | 848 | 856 | 868 | 902 | 915 | 924 | 960 | 967 | 1002 | 1041 | 1103 |
| *includes equivalent grades |
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