asked the Minister for Social Welfare the total number of staff serving in each of the following areas of the public service on 21 July 1981, 23 December 1981; 31 December 1982; 31 December 1983; 31 December 1984; 31 December 1985; 31 December 1986 and 31 March 1987, (a) industrial civil servants and (b) employees of each non-commercial State body under the aegis of his Department.
Written Answers. - Public Service Staff.
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The Department does not employ industrial civil servants. The Combat Poverty Agency which is under the aegis of the Department was set up in September 1986. The agency had a staff of three in employment on 31 December 1986 and had nine serving on 31 March 1987.