Departmental Staff.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 21 January 2010

Thursday, 21 January 2010

Ceisteanna (107, 108, 109, 110)

Joanna Tuffy

Ceist:

101 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance the number of staff employed in each Government Department at the end of 2007, 2008 and 2009 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2873/10]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Finance (Deputy Brian Lenihan)

The number of staff employed in each Government Department at the end of 2007, 2008 and 2009 is set out in tabular form.

Non Industrial Civil Servants	2007	2008	2009
Department	36,619.65	37,421.35	35,682.83
Agriculture, Fisheries & Food	4,294.08	4,203.94	3,845.18
Arts, Sport & Tourism	171.30	174.43	150.53
Attorney General	128.68	127.89	124.39
Central Statistics Office	825.08	846.97	792.51
Chief State Solicitor	236.63	244.93	229.63
Commission For Public Service Appointments	9.00	12.00	8.80
Communications Energy & Nat. Resources	320.46	288.41	273.32
Community, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs	273.82	272.56	255.66
Comptroller & Auditor General	139.90	153.90	150.50
Courts Service	1,112.76	1,098.01	1,026.13
Defence	398.64	402.04	373.16
Director Of Public Prosecutions	191.60	196.80	194.92
Education & Science Group	1,600.88	1,660.58	1,574.04
Enterprise Trade & Employment Group	1,046.48	1,103.24	1,011.51
Environment Heritage & Local Government	1,275.92	1,204.42	1,084.23
Finance	658.13	630.57	565.60
Foreign Affairs Group	1,558.70	1,543.95	1,566.55
Health Group	603.56	514.10	485.07
Justice Group	4,689.54	5,288.56	5,017.05
National Gallery	54.50	59.00	55.50
Office Of Public Works	700.58	721.83	669.56
Oireachtas	464.70	440.71	416.12
Ombudsman	85.49	93.73	88.23
Presidents Establishment	22.23	21.30	21.30
Prisons	3,501.15	3,641.17	3,576.87
Public Appointments Service	150.83	146.36	111.66
Revenue Commissioners	6,660.77	6,658.66	6,118.30
Social & Family Affairs	4,486.89	4,610.44	4,907.57
State Laboratory	89.20	91.05	91.40
Taoiseach	243.08	232.86	210.30
Transport	468.04	578.71	534.21
Valuation Office	157.03	158.23	153.03

The numbers correspond to full-time equivalent staff serving in General Service, Professional and Technical grades in the civil service for the period specified.

Joanna Tuffy

Ceist:

102 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance the number of staff in each Department who have applied for and the number who have been approved for the incentivised scheme of early retirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2874/10]

Joanna Tuffy

Ceist:

103 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance the number of staff employed in agencies that derive from Government Departments, who have applied for and the number who have been approved for the incentivised scheme of early retirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2875/10]

Minister for Finance (Deputy Brian Lenihan)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 102 and 103 together.

The information requested by the Deputy is set out in tabular form and is based on information reported to my Department to date. In summary, the information reported to my Department to date indicates that some 1,106 Civil Servants have applied for the Incentivised Scheme for Early Retirement (ISER) and that 985 Civil Servants have had their applications approved to date. These Civil Service numbers are based on returns from all Departments and Offices.

In the wider public service, some 1,147 Public Servants have applied for the ISER and some 649 Public Servants have had their applications approved to date. The processing of applications under the ISER was suspended in the Health Sector as a result of a direction by IMPACT and some other health unions to their members not to cooperate with redeployment.

Department — Ministerial Vote Groups	Civil Servants	Public Servants
	Applicants	Approved	Applicants	Approved
Agriculture, Fisheries & Food	125	108	23	20
Arts, Sports & Tourism	4	4	5	5
Communications, Energy & Natural Resources	9	7
Community, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs	12	12	7	7
Defence	15	15	1	1
Education & Science	41	31	69	45
Enterprise, Trade & Employment	43	43	82	79
Environment, Heritage & Local Government	53	45	**307	**277
Finance Group	*427	*424
Foreign Affairs	17	16
Health & Children	26	26	649	211
Justice, Equality & Law Reform	144	122
Social & Family Affairs	127	75
Taoiseach	27	24
Transport	36	33	4	4
TOTAL	1,106	985	1,147	649

*Of which 347 are from the Revenue Commissioners.

**Includes Local Authorities from which there were 300 applicants and 272 applications approved.

Joanna Tuffy

Ceist:

104 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance the number of staff employed in each agency that derives from his Department at the end of 2007, 2008, and 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2876/10]

Minister for Finance (Deputy Brian Lenihan)

The information requested is set out in tabular form.

Agency	2007	2008	2009
Public Service Appointments	147.35	144.86	129.16
Commission for Public Service Appointments	9.00	12.00	9.00
State Laboratory	91.20	92.85	91.75
Valuation Office (including Valuation Tribunal)	163.00	163.00	154.00
Revenue Commissioners	6,581.45	6,547.77	6,105.05
Office of Public Works*	1,975.10 (of which 128 apprentices/ seasonal/etc)	2,002.83 (of which 92 apprentices/ seasonal/etc)	1,907.03 (of which 108 apprentices/ seasonal/etc)
NTMA	148.00	168.00	169.00
Financial Services Ombudsman	29.00	28.00	27.00

*Shown separately in the figures for the Office of Public Works are figures for apprentices, seasonal/casual and on-call personnel. It should be noted that the seasonal numbers employed rise substantially during the summer season when temporary staff are engaged, for example, as guides/information officers at heritage sites, which are only open for part of the year.

Question No. 105 answered with Question No. 98.