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Public Sector Employment.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 January 2009

Tuesday, 27 January 2009

Ceisteanna (191)

Leo Varadkar

Ceist:

268 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the number of people employed in the public sector for each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1254/09]

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Freagraí scríofa

The number of people employed in the public sector at the 31 December for each year since 1997 is presented in the following table. The numbers employed in the public sector is constituted by the numbers of whole time equivalents employed in the civil service, the education sector, the justice sector, the health sector, the local authorities, the non-commercial agencies and the commercial semi-state bodies. It should be noted that the numbers for 2008 are projections and were prepared in the context of Budget 2009 and will be updated in due course.

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

Public Sector Numbers

280,928

282,239

280,199

294,766

317,247

324,436

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008*

Public Sector Numbers

325,782

331,227

331,961

345,556

353,175

357,687

*Projected.

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