Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 February 2014
330. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of persons employed by the State as of 31 December 2013, broken down by Civil Service, local authorities, State bodies, semi-State bodies, State agencies, quasi autonomous non-governmental organisation, executive and Defence Forces. [8330/14]
View answerInformation on the number of public servants is collected and collated on a quarterly basis and in accordance with the categorisation outlined in the table. The total number employed by the State in each of the following categories as of 31 December 2013 - and expressed in terms of whole-time equivalents (WTEs) - is set out in the table below. Further data, including previous quarters, is available on the my Department's Databank website (http://databank.per.gov.ie/).
|
Civil Servants |
Numbers |
|
Civil Service 1 |
35,680 |
|
Defence Sector |
9,797 |
|
Education Sector |
91,590 |
|
Health Sector |
99,959 |
|
Justice Sector |
13,020 |
|
Local Authorities |
27,544 |
|
NCSA |
10,190 |
|
Total |
287,780 |
1This does not include staff who work in the Oireachtas Commission (437) which is directly funded by the Central Fund and who are outside of the Employment Control Framework
