Public Sector Staff Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 20 June 2013

Thursday, 20 June 2013

Ceisteanna (150)

Peadar Tóibín

Ceist:

150. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons employed in the public sector by his Department or agency and by grade for each year of the five consecutive years for which the most recent data is available. [30449/13]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

As the Deputy will be aware, my Department was established on 2nd June 2011. The table below sets out the staffing of my Department broken down by grade at end 2011, 2012 and as at end May 2013.

Grade (Numbers include Professional & Technical staff equivalents)	31/12/2011	31/12/2012	31/5/2013
Secretary General	1	1	1
Assistant Secretary	3	3	4
Principal Officer	19	18	18
Assistant Principal Officer	85	80	84
Administrative Officer/ Higher Executive Officer	150	142	139
Executive Officer	146	141	141
Staff Officer	10	9	8
Clerical Officer	92	91	96
Services Officer	15	15	15
Other Grades	3	5	5
State Industrial Staff	113	102	89
Total (Head count)	637	607	600

With regard to the bodies under the aegis of the Department, it would not be possible to collate the level of detail requested by the Deputy in the time available. I am arranging for this information to be forwarded to the Deputy by the bodies concerned. The table below summarises the overall staffing levels of each body in terms of Whole Time Equivalents at the dates specified.

Staffing (WTE) as at	31 /12/2011	31/12/2012	31/3/13
Údarás na Gaeltachta	92	84	83
Irish Heritage Council	14	15	15
Arts Council	47	45	45
Irish Film Board	16	13	17
Chester Beatty Lib	31	28	28
Crawford Art Gallery	13	13	14
National Concert Hall	61	52	49
IMMA	84	84	81
National Library of Ireland	106	91	88
National Museum of Ireland	163	151	150
Ulster Scots Agency	17	14	14
Foras na Gaeilge	60	61	63
Waterways Ireland	333	330	326
Total (WTE)	1037	981	977