asked the Minister for the Public Service the total number of civil servants in the State each year since 1970; and the total cost to the State in each year.
Written Answers. - Civil Servant Statistics.
The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the attached table.
Year |
Numbers of Non-Industrial Civil Servants |
Total Cost£ million |
Notes |
1980 |
54,000 |
345.9 |
1 |
1979 |
52,000 |
271.6 |
2 |
1978 |
49,300 |
219.1 |
2 |
1977 |
48,670 |
186.6 |
2 |
1976 |
48,273 |
170.7 |
2 |
1975 |
46,977 |
140.6 |
2 |
1974-75 |
44,749 |
99.8 |
1 |
1973-74 |
41,340 |
88.9 |
2 |
1972 |
39,364 |
58.5 |
3 |
1971 |
38,019 |
49.5 |
3 |
1970 |
36,250 |
39.1 |
3 |
Notes:
1. These figures are the estimated total pay costs of the non-industrial Civil Service in the years in question.
2. These figures show the out-turn on pay costs for the non-industrial Civil Service in the years in question.
3. Out-turn figures are not readily available for years earlier than 1973-74. The figures shown are the basic pay costs for the non-industrial Civil Service on 1 January in each of the years shown. They are not strictly comparable with the out-turn figures for later years as they do not include the cost of overtime.