Written answers
Tuesday, 4 November 2025
Department of Health
Departmental Staff
Barry Ward (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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1771. To ask the Minister for Health the number of employees currently in her Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58495/25]
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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The table below details the number of employees per year from 2015 to 2025, by grade:
| Job Code / FTE | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary General | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Deputy Secretary | 3.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.8 |
| Assistant Secretary | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.8 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 5.6 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 |
| Principal Officer | 45.2 | 40.8 | 46.4 | 49.8 | 62.9 | 76.3 | 74.1 | 68.2 | 67.9 | 67.0 | 70.2 |
| Assistant Principal | 81.7 | 101.2 | 101.8 | 117.1 | 159.2 | 167.0 | 178.1 | 181.8 | 197.1 | 206.3 | 200.3 |
| Administrative Officer | 15.6 | 29.6 | 36.4 | 37.3 | 44.6 | 66.8 | 101.8 | 92.4 | 93.2 | 113.2 | 115.6 |
| Higher Executive Officer | 67.4 | 76.3 | 82.8 | 92.1 | 90.9 | 105.5 | 116.7 | 114.0 | 113.9 | 112.4 | 123.6 |
| Executive Officer | 50.1 | 53.6 | 66.8 | 68.1 | 74.2 | 85.9 | 104.2 | 99.5 | 108.5 | 110.8 | 112.0 |
| Staff Officer** | 6.5 | 6.5 | |||||||||
| Clerical Officer | 56.4 | 68.4 | 67.5 | 69.3 | 71.2 | 68.3 | 69.5 | 53.7 | 51.2 | 45.6 | 46.6 |
| Services Officer | 8.0 | 8.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 |
| Grand Total* | 340.9 | 393.4 | 418.6 | 452.7 | 521.0 | 585.4 | 659.8 | 623.6 | 645.8 | 670.3 | 684.1 |
**The Staff Officer Grade was Amalgamated with the Executive Officer Grade in 2017
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