asked the Minister for Finance if he will state the number of posts in each grade in each Department, which have been suppressed as indicated in his Budget statement.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Suppression of Departmental Posts.
The particulars requested by the Deputy, except those relating to the Department of Posts and Telegraphs, have been assembled and are in the form of a tabular statement, which, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, will be included in the Official Report. I will arrange to forward the particulars relating to the Department of Posts and Telegraphs to the Deputy as soon as they are available.
The statement is as follows:—
Posts suppressed in the financial year, 1957-58
Department of the Taoiseach:
1 Administration Officer
Central Statistics Office:
1 Clerical Officer
1 Writing Assistant
Comptroller and Auditor-General:
1 Assistant Auditor
Office of the Minister for Finance:
1 Writing Assistant
Office of the Revenue Commissioners:
1 Executive Officer
13 Officers of Customs and Excise (4 posts of Departmental Clerical Officer created in lieu.)
2 Clerical Officers
1 Male Cleaner
Office of Public Works:
4 Clerical Officers (1 Writing Assistant post created in lieu.)
5 Writing Assistants
1 Clerk of Works
Civil Service Commission:
1 Clerical Officer
1 Writing Assistant
1 Typist
Ordnance Survey:
1 Clerical Assistant
Agriculture:
1 Executive Officer
4 Clerical Officers
1 Writing Assistant
10 Junior Agricultural Inspectors
1 Temporary Assistant, Egg Laying Competitions
1 Agricultural Officer, Grade 8
1 Veterinary Inspector
1 Laboratory Attendant
Office of the Minister for Justice:
1 Clerical Officer
1 Typist
Garda Síochána:
5 Typists
Prisons:
4 Male Prison Officers
1 Female Prison Officer
District Court:
2 Provincial District Court Clerks (1 part-time)
Circuit Court:
5 Clerical Officers
Land Registry and Registry of Deeds:
1 Transcribing Clerk
1 Writing Assistant
2 Typists
Local Government:
2 Staff Officers, Grade III
1 Clerical Officer
2 Writing Assistants
1 Shorthand Typist
1 Trade Inspector
Office of the Minister for Education:
2 Typists
1 Messenger
Lands:
2 Higher Executive Officers
5 Executive Officers
1 Staff Officer, Grade II
2 Staff Officers, Grade III
11 Clerical Officers
10 Writing Assistants
2 Shorthand Typists
1 Draughtsman
1 Law Clerk
Fisheries:
1 Clerical Officer
1 Writing Assistant
3 Shorthand Typists
Roinn na Gaeltachta:
1 Staff Officer, Grade I
Industry and Commerce:
2 Assistant Principals
2 Higher Executive Officers
4 Executive Officers
5 Clerical Officers
8 Writing Assistants
1 Temporary Geophysicist
2 Professional Accountants
Transport and Marine Services:
1 Engineer Surveyor
Aviation and Meteorological Services:
1 Clerical Officer
Defence:
1 Executive Officer
1 Staff Officer, Grade II
4 Staff Officers, Grade III
18 Clerical Officers
4 Writing Assistants
1 Director of Bureau of Military History (part-time)
2 Temporary Investigators, Bureau of
Military History
Office of the Minister for Social Welfare:
1 Administrative Officer
1 Executive Officer
4 Staff Officers, Grade III
11 Clerical Officers
7 Writing Assistants
2 Typists
Health:
1 General Inspector