asked the Minister for Finance if he will state (a) the number of temporary employees engaged in each department of the Civil Service; (b) the number of such temporary employees (i) with less than one year's service, (ii) with from one to five years' service and (iii) with over five years' service; (c) the number of temporary employees still in employment who sat for an examination to qualify for permanent service and who failed to obtain the necessary percentage of marks, and (d) the number of such examinations or tests held since 1940, the standard of such examinations and the percentage who passed or qualified on each occasion.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Temporary Civil Servants.
The available statistics do not contain the information sought by the Deputy. I am not prepared to give instructions for its compilation as this would entail an entirely disproportionate expenditure of time and labour.