Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 December 2014
270. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons who have left the public service in each of the past five years to date either by way of natural retirement or redundancy; the extent to which the national pay bill has been affected as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48476/14]
View answerDetailed quarterly and annual statistics on Public Service staffing are available at http://databank.per.gov.ie. Based on the Databank information, the table outlines the annual net reduction in Public Service numbers during each year from 2009 to 2013. These numbers take account of exits through retirement and under voluntary redundancy schemes - some 2,500 staff left during the period under voluntary redundancy schemes. The table also reflects some recruitment of front-line staff, particularly in the health and education sectors.
|
2008-2009 |
2009-2010 |
2010-2011 |
2011-2012 |
2012-2013 |
|
-9,640 |
-4,780 |
-8,640 |
-6,454 |
-2,645 |
The reduction in the size of the public service contributed to a saving of more than €3 billion in the cost of the public service between 2009 and 2013. Further analysis of how the public service pay bill has been reduced during this period can be found in the report The Cost of the Public Service, which was can be found on the website of the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service at http://igees.gov.ie/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/The-Cost-of-the-Public-Service.pdf.
