Written answers

Tuesday, 4 November 2025

Department of An Taoiseach

Departmental Staff

Photo of Barry WardBarry Ward (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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105. To ask the Taoiseach the number of employees currently in his Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form [58501/25]

Photo of Barry WardBarry Ward (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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106. To ask the Taoiseach the number of employees in each of the agencies under his Department's remit; the number employed per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form [58519/25]

Photo of Micheál MartinMicheál Martin (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 105 and 106 together.

The number of whole time equivalent staff in the Department of the Taoiseach, by grade, at end of October 2025 is set out in the below table:

Grade: Whole Time Equivalent Staff*:
Secretary General 1
Deputy Secretary 1
Assistant Secretary 11
Principal Officer 32
Assistant Principal Officer 50.8
Higher Executive Officer 40.3
Administrative Officer 28.8
Executive Officer 40.9
Clerical Officers 41.8
Services Staff 19.2
Total 266.8
*this includes Ministerial Personal Staff but excludes staff in the Independent COVID-19 Evaluation Secretariat.

The for the years 2016 - 2024 outline the number of whole time equivalent staff and structure of the Department as at the end of each calendar year.

The number of whole time equivalent staff (by grade for the period specified) in the National Economic and Social Development Office, the only body under the aegis of the Department, is set out below.

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Assistant Secretary 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Principal Officer 4 4 4 4 2 2 4 4 3.6 3.6 4
Assistant Principal 6 6 5.6 5.6 6.6 5.6 6.6 3.8 6.8 6.8 6.6
Higher Executive Officer 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.6
Executive Officer 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.9 2.9 1.9 1.4 2.4 2.4 3.4 3.4
Clerical Officer 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Total Whole Time Equivalent Staff 15.7 15.7 15.3 15.5 14.5 13.5 16 14 16.6 17.6 17.6

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