asked the Minister for Finance (a) the number of (i) permanent and (ii) temporary civil servants; (b) their cost to the State for each year since 1957; and (c) their estimated cost for 1972-73.
Written Answers. - Civil Service Numbers and Cost.
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The information sought by the Deputy is set out in a statement which, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to circulate with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
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Number of Civil Servants |
Total Cost (including allowances) |
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Permanent |
Temporary |
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£m |
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1st January 1957 |
18,322 |
12,401 |
15.2 |
|
1st January 1958 |
18,437 |
11,848 |
15.2 |
|
1st January 1959 |
18,622 |
9,417 |
15.2 |
|
1st January 1960 |
19,074 |
9,034 |
16.4 |
|
2nd January 1961 |
19,289 |
8,792 |
16.3 |
|
1st January 1962 |
19,883 |
9,027 |
17.8 |
|
1st January 1963 |
20,248 |
9,480 |
19.1 |
|
1st January 1964 |
20,733 |
9,650 |
19.6 |
|
1st January 1965 |
21,433 |
10,242 |
24.8 |
|
1st January 1966 |
22,256 |
10,353 |
27.4 |
|
1st January 1967 |
23,025 |
9,940 |
29.6 |
|
1st January 1968 |
23,959 |
9,730 |
30.5 |
|
1st January 1969 |
24,942 |
9,564 |
34.8 |
|
1st January 1970 |
26,530 |
9,720 |
39.0 |
|
1st January 1971 |
28,176 |
9,843 |
49.5 |
|
3rd January 1972 |
30,411 |
9,199 |
(See below) |
The figures are taken from the Civil Service Census which relates to the first working day of the calendar year. The 1957 and 1958 figures include temporary classes — mainly Scale-payment Sub-Postmasters, Branch Managers of Employment Exchanges and certain part-time employees— whose estimated total number is 2,700 at most and who were excluded from the Census from 1959 onwards. The figures for 3 January, 1972, are provisional.The estimated cost for 1972-73 is £71.9m.