The details sought by the Deputy are not fully available in the specific format requested. However, the table provides a sectoral breakdown of public sector numbers across the Education and Skills area for each of the five years 2008 to 2012.
Public Sector Numbers in Education - 2008 to 2012 (Whole Time Equivalents)*
Summary of Overall Positions
|
-
|
End 2008 Nos.
|
End 2009 Nos.
|
End 2010 Nos.
|
End 2011 Nos.
|
End 2012 Nos.
|
1. Civil Service
|
Total
|
1,675
|
1,612
|
1,589
|
1,559
|
1,507
|
2. Education Sector
|
Total
|
94,050
|
92,434
|
93,050
|
90,945
|
90,702
|
3. NCSAs
|
Total
|
1,678
|
1,526
|
1,435
|
1,363
|
1,283
|
Overall Total
|
-
|
97,403
|
95,572
|
96,074
|
93,867
|
93,492
|
1. Civil Service
|
Total
|
1,675
|
1,612
|
1,589
|
1,559
|
1,507
|
Of which: -
|
National Council for Special Education
|
105
|
110
|
108
|
107
|
103
|
-
|
State Exams Commission
|
170
|
163
|
154
|
148
|
147
|
-
|
{ Department of Education & Skills
|
1,143
|
1,097
|
1,088
|
1,059
|
1,019
|
-
|
{ NEPS
|
173
|
174
|
183
|
192
|
187
|
-
|
National Council for Curriculum and Assessment
|
37
|
30
|
26
|
23
|
26
|
-
|
Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse
|
18
|
10
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
-
|
Residential Institutions Redress Board
|
29
|
28
|
27
|
27
|
22
|
2. Education Sector
|
Total
|
94,050
|
92,434
|
93,050
|
90,945
|
90,702
|
Of which: -
|
First Level Education
|
41,033
|
40,903
|
41,504
|
40,568
|
40,998
|
-
|
Primary Teachers
|
31,939
|
31,814
|
32,423
|
32,030
|
32,276
|
-
|
Model Schools
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
-
|
Clerical Assistants
|
195
|
194
|
189
|
188
|
186
|
-
|
Caretakers
|
196
|
181
|
169
|
154
|
144
|
-
|
Rutland Street
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
-
|
Other Special Ed Projects
|
20
|
18
|
18
|
18
|
18
|
-
|
SNAs
|
8,670
|
8,683
|
8,692
|
8,165
|
8,361
|
-
|
Second Level Education
|
33,074
|
32,501
|
32,990
|
32,348
|
32,038
|
-
|
Secondary Teachers
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
12,940
|
12,629
|
-
|
Vocational Teachers
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
10,670
|
10,689
|
-
|
C&C Teachers
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
4,260
|
4,192
|
-
|
Teacher sub-total
|
28,297
|
27,779
|
28,203
|
27,870
|
27,510
|
-
|
SNAs
|
2,002
|
1,950
|
2,142
|
1,952
|
2,029
|
-
|
Clerical Assistants
|
141
|
138
|
137
|
131
|
128
|
-
|
C&C Non-Teachers
|
503
|
503
|
466
|
454
|
441
|
-
|
VEC Non-Teachers
|
2,131
|
2,131
|
2,042
|
1,941
|
1,930
|
-
|
Third Level Education (core funded posts)
|
19,943
|
19,030
|
18,556
|
18,029
|
17,666
|
-
|
Universities/HEA Institutions
|
11,365
|
10,843
|
10,527
|
10,276
|
10,060
|
-
|
Institutes of Technology
|
8,180
|
7,797
|
7,656
|
7,398
|
7,265
|
-
|
Colleges of Education/Non-HEA Institutions
|
32
|
33
|
31
|
29
|
27
|
-
|
Dublin Dental Hospital
|
143
|
138
|
136
|
131
|
126
|
-
|
Royal Irish Academy
|
90
|
85
|
78
|
70
|
72
|
-
|
Royal Irish Academy of Music
|
68
|
69
|
64
|
64
|
59
|
-
|
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
|
65
|
65
|
64
|
61
|
57
|
3. NCSAs
|
Total
|
1,678
|
1,526
|
1,435
|
1,363
|
1,283
|
Of which: -
|
QQI (HETAC, FETAC, NQAI, IUQB)
|
104
|
104
|
93
|
90
|
80
|
-
|
Grangegorman Development Agency
|
6
|
5
|
4
|
7
|
7
|
-
|
Higher Education Authority
|
76
|
64
|
63
|
61
|
56
|
-
|
National Centre for Technology in Education
|
19
|
19
|
17
|
16
|
14
|
-
|
Teaching Council
|
39
|
39
|
38
|
28
|
30
|
-
|
FAS(Staff assigned to DES)
|
1434
|
1295
|
1220
|
1161
|
1096
|
* Note - the numbers provided in this table relate to posts funded from Pay subheads under the Education and Skills Vote. A number of other posts are funded from Non-Pay subheads and are not included in this table, e.g. ancillary staff employed by schools.