Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Thursday, 25 Jun 1987

Vol. 373 No. 14

Written Answers. - Public Service Employees.

56.

Mr. Desmond

asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce 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.

Minister for Industry and Commerce (Mr. Reynolds)

There are no industrial civil servants employed in my Department. In relation to section (b) of the Deputy's question, the information requested is set out in the following table:

Body	Numbers serving at
21 July 1981	23 Dec. 1981	31 Dec. 1982	31 Dec. 1983	31 Dec. 1984	31 Dec. 1985	31 Dec. 1986	31 Mar. 1987
Córas Tráchtála	345	328	319	320	319	317	318	320
Industrial Development Authority	753	748	734	711	703	697	685	684
Institute for Industrial Research and Standards	647	653	645	633	618	605	599	595
Irish Goods Council	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28
Kilkenny Design Workshops	128	128	128	128	124	124	122	117
National Board for Science and Technology	98	98	95	90	82	76	73	74
National Development Corporation*	—	—	—	—	—	—	14	15
Shannon Free Airport Development Co.	253	253	246	248	242	240	225	224

* Established in July 1986.

57.

Mr. Desmond

asked the Minister for Communications 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.

Minister for Communications (Mr. R. Burke)

The information requested by the Deputy is as follows:

	31 Dec. 1984	31 Dec. 1985	31 Dec. 1986	31 Mar. 1987
(a) Industrial Civil Servants (Note 1)	9	9	9	—
(b) Dublin Transport Authority (Note 2)	—	—	5	—

Note (1): The Department of Communications was established on 2 January 1984 following the assignment of responsibility for the day-to-day operation of the postal and telecommunications services previously carried out by the former Department of Posts and Telegrapsh to An Post and Bord Telecom Éireann. On 31 March 1987 transport and marine functions carried out by the Department of Communications and the staff assigned to them were assigned to other Government Departments.

Note (2): The Dublin Transport Authority was established on 12 November 1986 under the aegis of the Department of Communications. Responsibility for this body was transferred to the Department of Tourism and Transport on 31 March 1987.