asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the total number of persons employed by his Department on 1st April in 1972, 1973, 1974 and 1975.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Post Office Employees.
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A census of staff employed in the Department is taken on 1st January each year. The numbers employed at that date in each of the years mentioned was 19,207, 20,105, 21,697 and 22,927. The figures exclude postmasters at sub-post offices, and others engaged on a contract basis.