Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 20 June 2013
60. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons employed in the public sector by his Department or agency, and by grade, for each year of the five consecutive years for which the most recent data is available. [30455/13]
View answerThe information sought by the Deputy is set out in the following table. The figures include officers from other Government Departments serving in our missions abroad, most notably Ireland's Permanent Representative to the EU in Brussels, but exclude staff that are locally recruited abroad. The figures at December 2012 include a number of temporary staff recruited for the lead up to and the duration of Ireland's Presidency of the EU.
Staff in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
|
Grade |
FTE* Number end Dec 2008 |
FTE Number end Dec 2009 |
FTE Number end Dec 2010 |
FTE Number end Dec 2011 |
FTE Number end Dec 2012 |
|
Secretary General |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Second Secretary General |
4 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
Deputy Secretary General |
4 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
|
Assistant Secretary/General and equivalent |
42 |
43 |
37 |
35 |
30 |
|
Principal Development Specialist |
3 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
|
Counsellor/Principal Officer/Principal Officer Architect |
91 |
83 |
82 |
79 |
76 |
|
Senior Development Specialist |
20 |
19 |
18.6 |
17 |
16 |
|
Accountant |
6 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
|
Assistant Principal/First Secretary/Assistant Legal Advisers/Translator/Senior Architect/Press Officer |
187.9 |
187.9 |
187.8 |
180.1 |
179 |
|
Development Specialist |
23 |
27.8 |
26.8 |
24.8 |
24.8 |
|
Higher Executive Officer/Third Secretary/Administrative Officer/Librarian |
176.7 |
169.35 |
179.55 |
178.4 |
168 |
|
Executive Officer |
108.2 |
101.3 |
97.9 |
96.4 |
92.1 |
|
Staff Officer |
42.2 |
42.2 |
43 |
41.1 |
37.6 |
|
Clerical Officer |
480.8 |
466.2 |
436.6 |
426.8 |
410.7 |
|
Cleaners/Services Officer/Services Attendant/Nightwatchpersons |
46.8 |
47.8 |
46.8 |
46.8 |
42 |
|
Ministerial staff/Advisors |
10 |
11 |
12 |
11 |
13 |
|
Civilian Driver |
4 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
|
Temporary Administrative Officer/Clerical Officer/Interns for Presidency |
- |
- |
- |
- |
25 |
|
Total |
1250.60 |
1219.55 |
1189.05 |
1155.40 |
1127.20 |
* Full Time Equivalent
There are no State agencies under the aegis of my Department.
