Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 9 Dec 2003

Vol. 576 No. 5

Written Answers. - Departmental Staff.

Billy Timmins

Question:

286 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of personnel employed by his Department; the breakdown by county and number of the locations of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30177/03]

Minister for Education and Science (Mr. N. Dempsey):

There are 1,212 staff serving in the Department of Education and Science. The location of the staff is shown on the table.

Numbers Serving in Department of Education and Science December 2003

General Service Grades

County	Number of General Service Staff
Dublin	403
Westmeath	335
Offaly	194
Meath	11
Kildare	1
Cork	4
Waterford	4
Limerick	3
Tipperary	1
Sligo	6
Galway	1
Total	963

National Educational Psychological Service – NEPSNational Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, is organised in ten regions, roughly equivalent to the ten health board regions. Psychologists serving in the regions cover a number of counties. The table gives the numbers serving in each region and the geographic area covered.

National Educational Psychological Service – NEPS

Regional Structure

Eastern region (East Coast Area) Dublin South of the Liffey, Wicklow North, Bray	15
Eastern Region (Northern area) Dublin North of the Liffey, Fingal	15
Eastern Region (South-Western Area) Clondalkin, Lucan, Kildare, South Dublin	18
Midlands – Laois, Offaly, Westmeath, Longford	7
Mid-Western Region – Limerick, Clare, Tipperary North	7
North-Eastern Region – Meath, Monaghan, Cavan	11
North-Western Region – Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim	6
South-Eastern Region – Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny, Carlow, Tipperary South	12
Southern Region – Cork, Kerry	19
Western Region – Galway, Mayo, Roscommon	14
Total	124

Staff in the inspectorate are not allocated on a county basis but are arranged in a number of regions as set out below. The total number of inspectors serving is 125.

North and Dublin North Region

Cavan, Donegal, Dublin (Fingal), Dublin (North), Leitrim, Louth, Meath, Monaghan, and Sligo

Current complement

	Inspectors	Senior/Divisional	Total
Primary	7.5	3.0	10.5
Second level	5.5		5.5
PCC			1.0
Total			17.0

South East & Dublin South Region

Carlow, Dublin South, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Kildare (North), Kilkenny, Wexford, and Wicklow

Current complement

	Inspectors	Senior/Divisional	Total
Primary	4.5	3.0	7.5
Second level	6.0	1.0	7.0
PCC			1.0
Total			15.5

West and Mid-West Region

Clare, Galway, Limerick, Mayo, Roscommon and

Tipperary (NR)

Current complement

	Inspectors	Senior/Divisional	Total
Primary	10.5	3.5	14.0
Second level	4.0		4.0
PCC			1.0
Total			19.0

South Region

Cork, Kerry, Tipperary (SR) and Waterford

Current complement

	Inspectors	Senior/Divisional	Total
Primary	7.5	5.0	12.5
Second level	3.0		3.0
PCC			1.0
Total			16.5

Midlands & Dublin West Region

Dublin (West and South-West city), Kildare (South), Laois, Longford, Offaly, Westmeath

Current complement

	Inspectors	Senior/Divisional	Total
Primary	3.0	5.5	8.5
Second level	3.0		3.0
PCC			1.0
Total			12.5

Other business units with staff based in Dublin and

various locations

Evaluation, Support and Research Unit

Current complement

	Inspectors	Senior/Divisional	Total
Primary	1.0	1.0	2.0
Second level	0.5	1.0	1.5
PCC			1.0
Total			4.5

Teacher Education

Current complement

	Inspectors/Advisers	Senior/Divisional	Total
Primary	0.5	0.5	1.0
Second level	3.0	1.0	4.0
PCC			1.0
Total			6.0

Qualification, Curriculum and Assessment

Current complement

	Inspectors	Senior/Divisional	Total
Primary	0.5	1.0	1.5
Second level	2.0	1.0	3.0
PCC			1.0
Total			5.5

Special Education and Traveller Education

Current complement

	Inspectors	Senior/Divisional	Total
Primary	0.5	5.0	5.5
Second level		1.0	1.0
Primary/Post-primary	2.0		2.0
PCC			1.0
Total			9.5

Inspectorate Services and International Links

Current complement

	Inspectors	Senior/Divisional	Total
Primary	0.5	1.5	2.0
Second level	2.0		2.0
PCC			1.0
Total			5.05

Inspectors assigned to other units within the Department of Education and Science

	Inspectors	Senior/Divisional	Total
Primary		5	5
Second level	1	4	5
PCC			1.0
Total			11.0

In addition, five primary inspectors in training have yet to be assigned duties.