Departmental Staff.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 19 January 2010

Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Questions (836)

Joan Burton

Question:

905 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government 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. [1952/10]

Written answers

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Deputy John Gormley)

The Human Resource Management System (HRMS) for the Civil Service was introduced in 2002. Information in respect of 31 January 2002, which is the first HRMS data available, is included in the following table along with the information requested for 2007 and 2010.

Grade Title	31 January 2002 (FTE)	1 January 2007 (FTE)	1 January 2010 (FTE)
Secretary General	1.00	1.00	1.00
Deputy Secretary General	0.00	0.00	0.00
Assistant Secretary General	6.00	6.00	5.00
Principal Officer (Higher)	10.00	8.00	8.00
Principal Officer	26.00	29.80	24.00
Assistant Principal Officer (Higher)	16.00	14.83	19.40
Assistant Principal Officer	75.00	92.43	76.03
Higher Executive Officer	97.00	131.23	136.43
Executive Officer	145.50	168.93	144.20
Staff Officer	18.50	23.93	12.73
Clerical Officer	232.00	211.71	140.57
Total	627.00	687.86	567.36