Dáil Éireann Debate, Monday - 11 September 2017
2117. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the annual percentage of public service staff that were women under the remit of his department in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [38383/17]
View answerThe following table provides details of the percentage of the staff of my Department, civil servants and civilian employees, and members of the Permanent Defence Force, who were female in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017:
|
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
|
|
Department of Defence (civil servants) |
66.5% |
66% |
66.5% |
67.6% |
66.6% |
65.9% |
64.7% |
64.3% |
|
Department of Defence (civilian employees) |
16.37% |
17.66% |
18.30% |
17.74% |
18.53% |
19.04% |
19.51% |
20.25% |
|
Permanent Defence Force |
5.96% |
6.03% |
6.31% |
6.16% |
6.07% |
6.04% |
6.22% |
6.36% |
