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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 29 Nov 1988

Vol. 384 No. 8

Written Answers. - Public Sector Employment.

68.

asked the Minister for Finance the number of people employed in each of the following categories of the public sector on 31 December on each of the years from 1980 to 1987 and to date in 1988 (a) non-industrial civil servants (b) industrial civil servants (c) local authority officers, including health boards and vocational education committees but excluding vocational teachers (d) local authority servants as in (c) (e) national teachers (f) secondary teachers (g) vocational teachers (h) community teachers (i) comprehensive teachers (j) universities (k) other third-level education (l) non-commercial State companies and agencies (m) commercial State companies and (n) other parts of the public sector.

Statistical data on the numbers serving in each area of the public sector are available only in respect of 1 January for each of the years in question. The information sought by the Deputy is set out on this basis in the tabular statement following. Numbers in university and other third level institutions are presented on a "head count" basis. In the case of all other sectors figures for part-time employees have been converted to whole-time equivalents.

(a)

(b)

(c) Officers

Year

Non-Industrial Civil Servants (i)

Industrial Civil Servants

Local Authority

Health Boards

Vocational Educational Committees

1980

31,600

6,200

8,251

(ii)

(ii)

1981

32,989

5,900

8,224

(ii)

(ii)

1982

32,599

5,900

8,733

(ii)

(ii)

1983

32,126

5,600

8,993

(ii)

(ii)

1984

31,544

5,000

9,186

(ii)

(ii)

1985

39,659

5,000

9,458

(ii)

(ii)

1986

30,465

4,600

10,089

(ii)

(ii)

1987

30,469

4,485

9,956

(ii)

801

1988

29,981

4,416

9,465

38,389

793

(d) Servants

(e)

(f)

(g)

(h)

Year

Local Authority

Health Boards

Vocational Education Committees

National Teachers

Secondary Teachers

Vocational Teachers

Community Teachers

1980

23,448

(ii)

(ii)

(iii)

(iii)

(iii)

(iii)

1981

24,272

(ii)

(ii)

19,480

11,740

6,491

1,153

1982

23,830

(ii)

(ii)

19,775

11,896

6,614

1,318

1983

24,005

(ii)

(ii)

20,356

12,065

7,029

1,480

1984

23,208

(ii)

(ii)

20,603

11,900

6,936

1,591

1985

23,514

(ii)

(ii)

20,884

11,902

7,069

1,640

1986

22,715

(ii)

(ii)

21,087

12,030

7,206

1,734

1987

22,427

(ii)

1,693

21,161

12,112

7,401

1,777

1988

20,817

19,704

1,666

21,145

11,958

7,340

1,809

(i)

(j)

(k)

(l)

(m)

(n)

Year

Comprehensive Teachers

Universities

Other 3rd Level Education (iv)

Non-Commercial State Companies and Agencies (v)

Commercial State Companies

Other parts of the Public Sector

1980

(iii)

(iii)

(iii)

6,900

86,900

25,100

1981

531

5,807

1,156

8,200

87,619

25,800

1982

538

5,754

1,177

8,800

90,294

27,400

1983

541

5,144

1,137

8,600

88,899

27,300

1984

521

5,195

1,150

8,400

85,705

27,200

1985

536

5,250

1,138

8,300

82,712

27,100

1986

520

5,350

1,088

8,300

80,006

27,500

1987

533

5,348

1,185

8,200

76,100

26,740

1988

528

5,590

1,079

7,600

73,000

25,960

(i) Excludes the former Department of Posts & Telegraphs. Also excludes Temporary Clerical Trainees.

(ii) Figures relating to the breakdown between "officers" and "servants" in the case of the Health Boards and vocational Education committees are not available.

(iii) Figures for 1980 in respect of the education sector are not available.

(iv) Excludes figures for Teacher Training Colleges which are not available.

(v) The figures for commercial State Bodies for the years up to, and including, 1983 include the former Department of Posts and Telegraphs.

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