asked the Minister for Finance the total number of civil servants in each of the last five years.
Written Answers. - Number of Civil Servants.
62.
The figures sought are set out in a tabular statement which, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to have circulated with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
|
Date |
Total Number of Civil Servants |
|
1st January, 1966 |
32,609 |
|
1st January, 1967 |
32,965 |
|
1st January, 1968 |
33,689 |
|
1st January, 1969 |
34,506 |
|
1st January, 1970 |
36,228 |
The figures are taken from the Civil Service census which relates to the first working day of the calendar year. The figure for 1st January, 1970, is provisional.