Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 November 2014
173. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Finance the number of qualified accountants, economists and other professional staff working in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44061/14]
View answerThere are 294.02 paid staff within the Department of Finance. Staff in the Department hold qualifications at Certificate, Diploma/Higher Diploma, Degree, Masters, PhD, Other and Professional levels. 'Other' includes but is not limited to Degrees and Masters in other disciplines, such as Engineering, Sciences, Management, IT, Marketing and Arts.
Some members of staff have more than one qualification and some qualifications can fall into one or more categories. In these cases, the first listed subject of the award is taken as the main subject and categorised accordingly. Please see table below with the full list of qualifications held by staff of the Department of Finance.
|
|
Cert |
Diploma/Higher Diploma |
Degree |
Masters |
PhD |
Other |
Prof |
Total |
|
Accounting (47 staff) |
15 |
8 |
12 |
4 |
|
2 |
11 |
52 |
|
Business (51 staff) |
13 |
10 |
25 |
9 |
|
2 |
|
59 |
|
Finance (41 staff) |
13 |
13 |
8 |
8 |
|
6 |
2 |
50 |
|
Legal (34 staff) |
3 |
16 |
17 |
4 |
|
3 |
2 |
45 |
|
Economics (70 staff) |
7 |
8 |
46 |
39 |
1 |
2 |
|
103 |
|
IT (18 staff) |
6 |
12 |
5 |
1 |
|
|
2 |
26 |
|
Other (108 staff) |
41 |
38 |
55 |
19 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
162 |
|
Project Management (22 staff) |
|
22 |
|
|
|
|
|
22 |
|
Taxation Practice and Policy (32 staff) |
|
32 |
|
|
|
|
|
32 |
|
HR (21 staff) |
8 |
6 |
3 |
5 |
|
2 |
1 |
25 |
|
Total Qualifications |
106 |
165 |
171 |
89 |
4 |
21 |
20 |
576 |
