Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 29 Mar 1977

Vol. 298 No. 4

Written Answers. - State Married Women Employees.

112.

Mr. B. Desmond

asked the Minister for the Public Service the number of married women employed in the civil service as a consequence of the ending of the employment marriage bar in July, 1973; and the percentage this figure is of all civil servants.

Minister for the Public Service (Mr. R. Ryan)

There are 1,918 married women employed in the civil service as a consequence of the ending of the employment marriage bar. This figure represents 3.9 per cent of all civil servants.