Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 September 2014
89. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the annual reduction of workers employed in the public sector between 2008 and to date in 2014. [36307/14]
Amharc ar fhreagra90. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the total number of workers employed in the public sector between 2008 and to date in 2014. [36308/14]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 89 and 90 together.
Information on the number of public servants is collected and collated on a quarterly basis. The total number employed in the Public Service from end 2008 to date, expressed in terms of whole-time equivalents (WTEs) is set out below. This information and further data is freely available on my Department's Databank website
(http://databank.per.gov.ie/).
|
- |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2013 |
2012 |
2014 |
|
- |
Q4 |
Q4 |
Q4 |
Q4 |
Q4 |
Q4 |
Q2 |
|
Numbers Employed |
320,387 |
310,747 |
305,967 |
297,327 |
290,862 |
288,217 |
288,472 |
