asked the Minister for the Public Service the proportion of the Irish workforce employed by the Government and State bodies in 1960, 1970 and at the present time.
Written Answers. - State Workforce.
349.
The information sought by the Deputy is set out in tabular form below. The latest available information relates to 1980.
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Public Sector workforce expressed as a proportion of total workforce. |
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1980 |
25.5 per cent |
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1970 |
19.7 per cent |
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1960 |
16.5 per cent |
Note: Public sector employment comprises all employees in the public service (i.e. civil servants, teachers, members of the Defence Forces, Garda Síochána, health boards and local authority staff, including staff of vocational education committees and county committees of agriculture), higher education institutions, voluntary hospitals and State-sponsored bodies.