Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 20 June 2013
111. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proportion of the workforce who are employed within the public service for the five consecutive years for which the most recent data is available. [29744/13]
Amharc ar fhreagraHistorical data on public service numbers is available on my Department’s website (http://databank.per.gov.ie) from Quarter 4 1994 to Quarter 1 2013.
The data requested by the Deputy are set out in the table.
|
Year |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
|
Total in Employment |
2,147.3 |
1,974.0 |
1,893.6 |
1,861.3 |
1,836.0 |
|
Total Unemployed |
131.0 |
275.0 |
305.1 |
317.4 |
323.0 |
|
Total Labour Force (000)^ |
2,278.3 |
2,249.0 |
2,198.7 |
2,178.7 |
2,159.0 |
|
Public Service Numbers (000)* |
320.3 |
310.7 |
305.9 |
297.3 |
290.8 |
|
(%) |
14.1 |
13.8 |
13.9 |
13.6 |
13.5 |
Sources
^Central Statistics Office ( http://www.cso.ie/en/statistics/labourmarket/principalstatistics/ ). Data from April-June in each year.
*Department of Public Expenditure & Reform - Databank ( http://databank.per.gov.ie ). End year data on whole time basis.
