Departmental Staff.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 19 January 2010

Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Questions (462)

Joan Burton

Question:

522 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Transport the number of whole time equivalents serving in his Department in the grades of secretary general, deputy secretary general, assistant secretary general, higher principal officer, principal officer, higher assistant principal officer, assistant principal officer, higher executive officer, executive officer, staff officer and clerical officer on 1 January 1998, 1 January 2007 and the latest date for which figures are available. [1954/10]

Written answers

Minister for Transport (Deputy Noel Dempsey)

Details as requested by the Deputy for 2007 and 2010 are contained in the following table. My Department was not in existence in 1998.

	Whole time equivalent staff numbers at 1st January 2010	Whole time equivalent staff numbers at 1st January 2007
Secretary General	1.0	1.0
Deputy Secretary General	0.0	0.0
Assistant Secretary	4.0	6.0
Principal Officer Higher	7.0	7.0
Principal Officer	9.0	13.6
Assistant Principal Higher	6.6	13.6
Assistant Principal	22.2	38.1
Higher Executive Officer	77.4	73.4
Executive Officer	83.7	81.5
SO	16.9	14.7
CO	139.6	153.4