asked the Minister for the Public Service the number of people employed in the public service and the cost for each year since 1970.
Written Answers. - Public Service Employees.
45.
As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to circulate it with the Official Report. The following is the information requested by the Deputy:—
|
Year |
Number of Public Servants |
Cost |
|
'000 |
£m |
|
|
1970/71 |
112 |
134 |
|
1971/72 |
116 |
163 |
|
1972/73 |
120 |
200 |
|
1973/74 |
126 |
253 |
|
1974 (9 months) |
133 |
237 |
|
1975 |
157 |
479 |
|
1976 |
164 |
584 |
|
1977 |
168 |
667 |
|
1978 |
172 |
801 |
|
1979 |
180 |
997 |
|
1980 |
185 |
1,334 |
|
1981 |
194 |
1,665 |
Notes: (i) The public service pay and numbers quoted above cover civil servants, Defence Forces, Garda, teachers and since 1975, all staff in the health services. They do not include the pay element in grants to State-sponsored bodies and universities neither do they include provision for pensions. They are therefore not the same as the Exchequer pay and pensions bill.
(ii) Cost is taken to mean pay costs including overtime, allowances and employer's PRSI contributions where appropriate. Budget outturn figures are shown in all cases. The 1981 figure is still provisional.
(iii) Pay in the health service: From and including 1975, public service pay has been reclassified to include all pay in the health area; previously the pay element in grants to voluntary hospitals and homes was not classified as public service pay.