Seamus Brennan
Ceist:99 Mr. S. Brennan asked the Minister for Finance the total employment in central Government, local authorities and semi-State bodies for each of the years 1990 and 1995; and the corresponding wage bills in each year. [1723/96]
Written Answers. - Public Sector Employment.
The information sought by the Deputy is in the following tables.
With regard to the Exchequer pay bill (Appendix I), the 1995 provisional outturn figures is £4.564 million. A sectoral breakdown of this figure is not yet available.
The Exchequer pay bill does not include local authorities or the commercial State bodies.
Appendix I
Sectoral Breakdown of Exchequer Pay Bill 1990-1994
|
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
|
|
£million |
£million |
£million |
£million |
£million |
|
|
Civil Service |
450 |
478 |
526 |
548 |
578 |
|
Civil Service (Industrials) |
37 |
39 |
41 |
41 |
43 |
|
Education |
930 |
927 |
1,102 |
1,198 |
1,301 |
|
Garda |
228 |
248 |
271 |
288 |
296 |
|
Defence |
224 |
234 |
238 |
245 |
259 |
|
Health |
936 |
1,061 |
1,176 |
1,320 |
1,386 |
|
Non-Commercial State Bodies |
98 |
117 |
121 |
126 |
148 |
|
Other Areas |
10 |
18 |
12 |
13 |
15 |
|
Total Pay |
2,913 |
3,122 |
3,487 |
3,779 |
4,026 |
|
Pensions |
242 |
260 |
263 |
308 |
330 |
|
Early Retirement |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total Bill |
3,160 |
3,382 |
3,750 |
4,087 |
4,356 |
Appendix II
Public Service Employment (at 1 January)
|
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
|
|
Civil Service |
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|
Non-Industrial |
25,629 |
26,251 |
27,030 |
27,698 |
27,832 |
28,370 |
|
Temporary Clerical Trainees |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Industrial |
1,845 |
1,838 |
1,856 |
1,819 |
1,822 |
1,782 |
|
27,474 |
28,089 |
28,886 |
29,517 |
29,654 |
30,152 |
|
|
Garda Síochána |
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|
Gardaí |
10,472 |
10,601 |
10,786 |
10,984 |
10,895 |
10,818 |
|
Recruits |
346 |
536 |
413 |
357 |
453 |
437 |
|
Traffic Wardens |
82 |
97 |
104 |
122 |
120 |
117 |
|
10,900 |
11,234 |
11,303 |
11,463 |
11,468 |
11,372 |
|
|
Defence Forces |
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|
Military |
12,927 |
13,311 |
13,119 |
12,951 |
12,740 |
13,015 |
|
Civilian Employees of the Department of Defence |
1,460 |
1,450 |
1,445 |
1,410 |
1,350 |
1,330 |
|
14,387 |
14,761 |
14,564 |
14,361 |
14,090 |
14,345 |
|
|
Education |
51,712 |
52,072 |
53,304 |
54,980 |
56,358 |
56,993 |
|
NCSSB's |
7,449 |
7,421 |
8,203 |
8,255 |
8,333 |
8,568 |
|
Health Services |
57,329 |
58,743 |
59,496 |
60,459 |
61,810 |
64,000 |
|
Local Authorities Officers |
8,759 |
8,939 |
9,098 |
9,217 |
9,553 |
9,649 |
|
Servants |
17,709 |
17,742 |
17,617 |
17,576 |
17,507 |
16,894 |
|
26,468 |
26,681 |
26,715 |
26,793 |
27,060 |
26,540 |
|
|
Public Service |
195,719 |
199,001 |
202,471 |
205,828 |
208,773 |
211,970 |
|
Commercial Bodies |
71,967 |
71,923 |
66,794 |
64,659 |
63,477 |
63,025 |
|
Public Sector |
267,686 |
270,924 |
269,265 |
270,487 |
272,250 |
274,995 |
As at 1 January; figures for part-time employees have been converted to whole-time equivalents.