Barry Ward (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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236. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence 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. [58489/25]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The table below provides a breakdown of the number of civil servants by grade, employed in my Department at year end, for each year since 2015 to the end of October 2025.

*The current total figure of 499 is inclusive of 15 staff employed to work directly for the Defence Forces at a number of military installations (this includes 2 x A/Sec as members of the Defence Board).