Departmental Staff Data

Tuesday, 10 December 2019

Questions (265)

Thomas P. Broughan

Question:

265. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the budget and number of staff working in his Department in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51570/19]

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Written answers

Minister for Justice and Equality

The information requested by the Deputy is currently being compiled. I will write to the Deputy shortly with the requested information.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 42A

I refer to Parliamentary Question No. 265 in which the Deputy requested the budget and number of staff working in my Department in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. As the Deputy will recall, the information he requested could not be obtained in the time frame available, and I undertook to contact him again.

The information requested is provided in the following table. The figure provided in regard to salaries, wages and allowances relates to the amount allocated through the Revised Estimates Volume in each respective year. Increases in staffing levels reflected overall trends within the civil service, increased State investment in the Justice and Equality sector and an expansion of the services provided by the Department.

Year	Budget for Salaries, Wages and Allowances	Number of Staff
2014	€56,450,000	1,070
2015	€58,536,000	1,105
2016	€62,262,000	1,172
2017	€65,516,000	1,330
2018	€70,316,000	1,457
2019 YTD	€73,325,000	1,510