Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 7 May 1991

Vol. 407 No. 9

Written Answers. - Public Sector Employment Statistics.

Ruairí Quinn

Question:

103 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for Finance the number of people employed in each of the following categories of the public sector on 31 December in each of the years from 1980 to 1990 (a) non-industrial civil servants, (b) industrial civil servants, (c) local authority officers, including health boards and vocational education committees but excluding vocational teachers, (d) local authority servants as in (c) above, (e) national teachers, (f) secondary teachers, (g) vocational teachers, (h) community teachers, (i) comprehensive teachers, (j) universities, (k) other third level education, (l) non-commercial State companies and agencies, (m) commercial State companies and (n) other parts of the public sector.

Minister for Finance (Mr. A. Reynolds)

Statistical data on the numbers serving in each area of the public sector are available only in respect of 1 January for each of the years in question. The information sought by the Deputy is set out on this basis in the tabular statement following. Figures for part-time employees have been converted to whole-time equivalents.

	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
(a) Non-Industrial Civil Servants	30,635	32,135	31,420	30,950	30,371	29,489	29,385	29,273	28,984	26,936	26,700
(b) Industrial Civil Servants	3,481	3,169	3,248	3,110	2,488	2,600	2,250	2,185	2,250	1,886	1,882
(c) Officers — Local Authority	8,796	8,767	9,309	9,587	9,792	10,082	10,103	9,956	9,435	8,728	8,759
Health Boards	(i)	(i)	(i)	(i)	(i)	(i)	25,613	25,995	24,152	24,386	24,961
Vocational Education Committee	828	828	815	831	831	806	795	795	739	771	804
(d) Servants — Local Authority	22,932	23,738	23,306	23,476	22,698	22,484	22,701	22,427	20,817	18,164	17,709
Health Boards	(i)	(i)	(i)	(i)	(i)	(i)	12,389	12,573	11,682	11,795	12,073
Vocational Education Committees	1,498	1,454	1,456	1,439	1,436	1,428	1,437	1,437	1,399	1,357	1,355
(e) National Teachers	19,002	19,480	19,775	20,356	20,603	20,884	21,087	21,161	21,145	20,398	20,265
(f) Secondary Teachers	11,740	11,896	12,056	11,900	11,902	12,030	12,112	11,958	11,698	11,630	11,550
(g) Vocational Teachers	4,896	4,925	5,196	5,021	5,104	5,242	5,389	5,375	5,221	5,267	5,379
(h) Community Teachers	1,153	1,318	1,480	1,597	1,640	1,734	1,777	1,809	1,819	1,786	1,946
(i) Comprehensive Teachers	531	538	541	521	536	520	533	528	518	507	512
(j) Universities	4,937	5,097	3,980	4,036	4,049	4,036	4,002	4,233	3,998	4,683	4,851
(k) Other 3rd Level Education	4,515	5,464	7,201	7,499	7,499	7,420	6,868	7,204	7,866	5,593	4,344
(l) Non-Commercial State Companies and Agencies	6,900	8,760	9,555	9,491	9,494	9,482	9,416	9,234	8,757	7,829	7,387
(m) Commercial State Companies (iii)	90,375	90,370	92,956	91,395	88,241	85,134	82,393	78,431	77,383	73,190	72,760
(n) Other parts of the Public Sector (ii)	84,566	92,444	91,549	90,389	90,537	90,264	52,953	50,470	49,009	45,841	46,665

(i) Prior to 1986 no breakdown is available for Health Board staff; all staff employed in the Health Services prior to 1986 are therefore included in (n).

(ii) Includes Garda and Defence Forces personnel and for the period 1980 to 1985 all staff employed in the Health Services; Health Board staff are sho separately for the period 1986 to 1990.

(iii) The figures for commercial State Bodies include the former Department of Posts and Telegraphs and Coillte Teo.