asked the Minister for Finance the numerical strength of the Civil Service on 1st January, 1958, and 1st January, 1969.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Civil Service Strength.
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The information sought by the Deputy is set out in a statement which, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to circulate with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
Date |
Number of Civil Servants |
1st January, 1958 |
30,285 |
1st January, 1969 |
34,434 |
The figures are taken from the Civil Service census which relates to the first working day of the calendar year. The 1958 figure includes temporary classes (mainly scale-payment sub-postmasters, branch managers of employment exchanges and certain part-time employees) whose estimated total number is 2,700 at most and who were excluded from the census from 1959 onwards. The 1969 figure is provisional.