asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of persons employed in his Department at 30 April 1987; the role of each employee; the number employed at the same date for the years 1980 to 1986 inclusive; and the total cost of this.
Written Answers. - Departmental Employees.
49.
The total number of staff employed in my Department in each year from 30 April 1980 to 30 April 1987 and the cost in each year of salaries and allowances is as follows:
|
Numbers Serving |
Cost of Salaries and Allowances |
|
|
At 30 April 1980 |
782 |
£8,658,993 |
|
At 30 April 1981 |
800 |
£10,896,899 |
|
At 30 April 1982 |
823 |
£12,156,867 |
|
At 30 April 1983 |
805 |
£13,782,978 |
|
At 30 April 1984 |
790 |
£15,599,899 |
|
At 30 April 1985 |
780 |
£16,619,714 |
|
At 30 April 1986 |
805 |
£17,243,933 |
|
At 30 April 1987 |
791 |
£18,425,000 |
|
(Estimated) |
As to the role of each employee the following is the break down by grade of the total number currently serving in the Department:
|
Grade |
Numbers Serving (Vacancies excluded) |
|
Secretary |
1 |
|
Ambassador Extra. & Plenipotentiary Gr1 |
2 |
|
Deputy Secretary |
1 |
|
Ambassador Extra. & Plenipotentiary Gr2 |
6 |
|
Assistant Secretary |
7 |
|
Envoy Extra, & Minister Plenipotentiary |
26 |
|
Principal |
9 |
|
Counsellor |
35 |
|
Deputy Legal Adviser |
1 |
|
Political Adviser to Tánaiste |
1 |
|
Assistant Principal |
20 |
|
First Secretary |
89 |
|
Third Secretary & Vice Consul |
76 |
|
Higher Executive Officer |
23 |
|
Officer in Charge of Communications |
1 |
|
Translator |
1 |
|
Executive Officer |
34 |
|
Assistant Translator |
3 |
|
Staff Officer |
10 |
|
SO Superintendent of Typists |
1 |
|
Clerical Officer |
60 |
|
Clerical Officer (Supv. of Typists) |
6 |
|
Personal Secretary to Tánaiste & Minister of State |
2 |
|
Head Messenger |
1 |
|
Paperkeeper |
7 |
|
Messenger |
24 |
|
Clerical Assistant (including Typist and Sh/Typist) |
159 |
|
Supervisor of Cleaners |
1 |
|
Cleaner |
15 |
|
Civilian Driver for Minister of State |
2 |
|
Locally recruited Clerk-Stenographers & Messengers abroad |
167 |
The distribution of the Department's staff is given on pages 192-206 of the 1986 State Directory.