Paul Kehoe
Question:182 Mr. Kehoe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of staff that have been made permanent in his Department since 1994 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13094/04]
View answerThursday, 6 May 2004
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I understand the Deputy is interested in staffing figures for 1994 and the numbers currently serving in my Department. The number of civil servants of whole-time equivalent currently serving in my Department and associated agencies is approximately 3,500. This figure excludes staff from the Courts Service, the Prison Service and members of the Garda Síochána. The number of staff recorded as serving in what was the then Department of Justice in 1994 was approximately 1,500.
The increase in staffing can be broadly attributed to a significant number of organisational changes in the intervening period, for example, the incorporation of the then Department of Equality and Law Reform and the establishment of a number of independent agencies such as those in the broad equality and asylum and immigration areas of the Department.