Michael Ring
Question:104 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the number of male full-time clerical officers appointed to county councils, on a county by county basis, in each of the past ten years. [11260/00]
Written Answers. - Local Authority Staff.
Michael Ring
Question:105 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the number of female full-time clerical officers appointed to county councils, on a county by county basis, in each of the past ten years. [11261/00]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 104 and 105 together.
The information requested by the Deputy is not available in my Department.
The gender breakdown of the overall total number employed in the local authority service in the grade of clerical officer as at 31 December for the years 1992-98 is set out in the following table. The corresponding statistics for 1999 will not be available until later in the year.
Gender breakdown of the number of clerical officers employed in the local authority service, including job-sharers, as at 31 December of each year:
|
Year |
Male |
Female |
|
1992 |
482 |
1,229 |
|
1993 |
467 |
1,243 |
|
1994 |
474.5 |
1,376.5 |
|
1995 |
479.5 |
1,317 |
|
1996 |
479.5 |
1,413.5 |
|
1997 |
487.5 |
2,625.5 |
|
1998 |
527 |
2,770 |
There is no corresponding gender breakdown available for the years 1990 or 1991 but the total number of clerical officers serving in the local authority service at 31 December in 1990 and 1991 was 1,671 and 1,677 respectively. With regard to the table, the main factor behind the significant increase post-1996 in the number of clerical officers was that the grade of clerk-typist was regraded to clerical officer with effect from 1997.