Since its commencement on 1 January 2013, the Single Scheme has been the default pension scheme for new-recruit personnel across all sectors of the Irish public service, including civil servants.
My Department undertakes an annual census of Single Scheme members across the public service at the end of each year. The last annual census undertaken was for the year ended 31 December 2016 and this noted some 64,000 persons were enrolled as members of the Single Scheme at that time. This number includes significant numbers of temporary staff, not all of whom would have remained in post subsequent to 31 December 2016. A breakdown of total membership advised by relevant authorities to my Department at 31 December 2016 is outlined in the table.
The Single Scheme is administered principally at workplace level by each individual public service body (termed a relevant authority) to which the Scheme applies. The discharging of key member-facing responsibilities, including the issue of annual benefit statements, rests with each relevant authority under the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012
The Scheme is of course subject to ongoing monitoring by my Department, as is the operation of the 2012 Act more generally. Recognising the complexities involved in this career-average Scheme, a Single Scheme Administration Project unit was established within my Department in 2016. A range of actions are in train to support more effective operation of the Scheme by all relevant authorities.
In relation to actuarial considerations, Section 41 of the 2012 Act provides that the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform can initiate an actuarial review of the Scheme. I have no immediate plans for the carrying out of such a review, bearing in mind in particular that the Single Scheme is in place for less than five years, which is a relatively short time in pension terms.
Following an analysis in early 2017 of overall public service pension entitlements by the Public Service Pay Commission, and in recognition of the more moderately scaled career-average based pension benefits in prospect for Single Scheme members, the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018-2020 proposed that the Additional Superannuation Contribution (ASC) to be applied in place at the of the Pension-Related Deduction (PRD) for public servants, should be set at a lower level for Single Scheme members. The Public Service Pay & Pensions Bill 2017 sets out the lower percentage rates of ASC that will apply to members of the Single Scheme from 1 January 2019 compared to members of other public service pension schemes, with a further reduction for these members provided for under this Bill from 1 January 2020.
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Organisation
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Notified Members @ 31 Dec 2016
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Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin, & National Children’s Hospital
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1,547
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An Bord Bia
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28
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An Bord Pleanála
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10
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An Ceoláras Náisiúnta
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4
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An Chomhairle Ealaíon
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5
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An Garda Síochána
|
892
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An Taoiseach
|
35
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Athlone Institute of Technology
|
55
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Ballinamore Community School
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1
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Ballyhaunis Community School
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1
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Ballymakenny College
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2
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Beaumont Hospital Board
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1,010
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Bord Iascaigh Mhara
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12
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Broadcasting Authority of Ireland
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7
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Brothers of Charity Services Clare
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162
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Brothers of Charity Services Galway
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339
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Brothers of Charity Services Limerick
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207
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Brothers of Charity Services Roscommon
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100
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Brothers of Charity Services South East
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197
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Brothers of Charity Southern Services
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289
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Caritas Convalescent Centre Limited
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3
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Carlow County Council
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25
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|
Carriglea Cáirde Services
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50
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|
Cashel Community School
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1
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Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board
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202
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Cavan County Council
|
61
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|
Central Remedial Clinic (CRC)
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92
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Central Statistics Office
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290
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Cheeverstown House Limited
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157
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Chester Beatty Library
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6
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Chief State Solicitor’s Office
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60
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|
Child and Family Agency
|
666
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Children’s University Hospital
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355
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Citizens Information Board
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4
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City of Dublin Education and Training Board
|
335
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Clare County Council
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88
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Commission for Aviation Regulation
|
4
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|
Commission for Communications Regulation
|
33
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|
Commission for Energy Regulation
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41
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|
Commissioners for Public Works in Ireland
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202
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Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
|
25
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Coombe Lying–In Hospital
|
256
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COPE Foundation
|
439
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Cork City Council
|
113
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Cork County Council
|
237
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Cork Education and Training Board
|
511
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Cork Institute of Technology
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122
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County Leitrim Vocational Education Committee
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34
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County Sligo Vocational Education Committee
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118
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County Westmeath Vocational Education Committee
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92
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Courts Service
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182
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Crawford Art Gallery Cork Limited
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4
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Credit Union Restructuring Board (ReBo)
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8
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Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul Service for Persons with a Mental Handicap Ltd (Dublin)
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331
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Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul Service for Persons with a Mental Handicap Ltd (Limerick)
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145
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Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul Services (Roscrea)
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107
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Digital Hub Development Agency
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4
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Donegal County Council
|
99
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Donegal Education and Training Board
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147
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Dublin and Dun Laoghaire Education and Training Board
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709
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Dublin City Council
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446
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Dublin City University
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563
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Dublin Dental Hospital Board
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104
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Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
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17
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Dublin Institute of Technology
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247
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Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology
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43
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Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
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56
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Dundalk Institute of Technology
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59
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Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly
|
7
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Economic and Social Research Institute
|
37
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Education Research Centre
|
13
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Enterprise Ireland
|
98
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Environmental Protection Agency
|
58
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Fáilte Ireland
|
16
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Financial Services Ombudsman’s Bureau
|
10
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Fingal County Council
|
124
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Food Safety Authority of Ireland
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13
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Gaisce
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9
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Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board
|
167
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Galway City Council
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45
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Galway County Council
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98
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Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
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50
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Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission
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14
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Grangegorman Development Agency
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5
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Health and Safety Authority
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2
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Health and Social Care Professionals Council
|
24
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Health Information and Quality Authority
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63
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Health Research Board
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5
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Health Service Executive - all areas
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15,874
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Higher Education Authority
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14
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Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency
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16
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Housing Finance Agency
|
3
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Human Rights Commission
|
30
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Incorporated Orthopaedic Hospital of Ireland
|
85
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Industrial Development Authority Ireland (IDA)
|
51
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Inland Fisheries Ireland
|
75
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|
Institute of Public Administration
|
10
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|
Institute of Technology Blanchardstown
|
46
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|
Institute of Technology Carlow
|
89
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|
Institute of Technology Sligo
|
79
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|
Institute of Technology Tallaght
|
49
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Institute of Technology Tralee
|
56
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Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority
|
5
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Irish Blood Transfusion Service
|
126
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Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
|
3
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Irish Medicines Board
|
100
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Irish Museum of Modern Art Company
|
2
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Irish Prison Service
|
85
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Kerry County Council
|
89
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Kerry Education and Training Board
|
138
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Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board
|
376
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Kildare County Council
|
137
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Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board
|
207
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|
Kilkenny County Council
|
67
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|
Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board
|
154
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Laois County Council
|
80
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|
Law Reform Commission
|
10
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|
Legal Aid Board
|
142
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Leitrim County Council
|
33
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|
Leopardstown Park Hospital Board
|
71
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Letterkenny Institute of Technology
|
66
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Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board
|
321
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Limerick County Council
|
184
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Limerick Institute of Technology
|
70
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Local Government Management Agency
|
3
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Longford and Westmeath Education and Training Board
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10
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Longford County Council
|
36
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Louth and Meath Education and Training Board
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464
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Louth County Council
|
54
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Marine Institute
|
52
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Mary Immaculate College
|
75
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Marymount University Hospital
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8
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Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
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1,061
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Mayo County Council
|
63
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Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim Education and Training Board
|
128
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Meath County Council
|
95
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Mental Health Commission
|
15
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Mercy University Hospital, Cork Limited
|
451
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Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
|
211
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Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
|
65
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|
Minister for Children and Youth Affairs
|
56
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|
Minister for Communications, Climate Action & Environment
|
67
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|
Minister for Defence
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1,474
|
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Minister for Education and Skills
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10,736
|
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Minister for Finance
|
85
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|
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade
|
223
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|
Minister for Health
|
75
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Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
|
53
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|
Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
|
78
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|
Minister for Justice and Equality
|
252
|
|
Minister for Social Protection
|
757
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Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport
|
70
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Monaghan County Council
|
48
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|
Muiriosa Foundation
|
272
|
|
National Cancer Registry Board
|
10
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National College of Art and Design
|
24
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National Council for Curriculum and Assessment
|
5
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National Council for Special Education
|
2
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|
National Disability Authority
|
6
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National Gallery of Ireland
|
16
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|
National Library of Ireland
|
10
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National Lottery Regulator’s Office
|
5
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National Maternity Hospital
|
278
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National Museum of Ireland
|
15
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National Oil Reserves Agency (NORA)
|
2
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National Paediatric Hospital Development Board
|
2
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National Rehabilitation Hospital
|
126
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National Roads Authority (NRA)
|
9
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National Shared Services Office
|
320
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National Transport Authority
|
6
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|
National Treatment Purchase Fund Board
|
4
|
|
National University of Ireland, Dublin
|
6
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|
National University of Ireland, Galway
|
629
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National University of Ireland, Maynooth
|
278
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Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
|
13
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Offaly County Council
|
30
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Office of Government Procurement
|
61
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|
Office of the Attorney General
|
30
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|
Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
|
51
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|
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
|
25
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|
Office of the Revenue Commissioners
|
1,024
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Oireachtas
|
180
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|
Ombudsman
|
31
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|
Ombudsman for Children
|
5
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Ordnance Survey Ireland
|
5
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Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin
|
507
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Our Lady’s Hospice Limited
|
135
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Peamount Hospital Incorporated
|
148
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Personal Injuries Assessment Board
|
18
|
|
Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council
|
4
|
|
Presidents Establishment
|
2
|
|
Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB)
|
7
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Property Registration Authority
|
30
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|
Public Appointments Service
|
72
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|
Public Expenditure & Reform
|
80
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Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland
|
5
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Railway Safety Commission
|
7
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Road Safety Authority
|
16
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Roscommon County Council
|
30
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Rotunda Hospital, Dublin
|
249
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Royal Irish Academy
|
21
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|
Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital
|
75
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Science Foundation Ireland
|
11
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|
Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority
|
9
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Sligo County Council
|
40
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Solas
|
2
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South Dublin County Council
|
177
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South Infirmary — Victoria Hospital Limited
|
164
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South Tipperary County Council
|
135
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|
Southern and Eastern Regional Assembly
|
1
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|
Sports Ireland
|
6
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St. Angela’s College, Sligo
|
65
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St. James’s Hospital Board
|
1,262
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St. John of God Hospital Limited and St. John of God Community Service
|
758
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St. John’s Hospital, Limerick
|
100
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|
St. Mark’s Community School
|
1
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|
St. Michael’s Hospital, Dun Laoghaire
|
107
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|
St. Michael’s House
|
333
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St. Patrick’s Centre (Kilkenny) Ltd.
|
155
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St. Vincent’s Hospital Fairview
|
49
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|
St. Vincent’s University Hospital
|
927
|
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State Examinations Commission
|
37
|
|
State Laboratory
|
17
|
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Stewarts Care Limited
|
171
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|
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
|
13
|
|
Teaching Council
|
7
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Teagasc — The Agriculture and Food Development Authority
|
307
|
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The Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital
|
138
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|
The Children’s Sunshine Home
|
13
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|
The Health Insurance Authority
|
1
|
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The Medical Council
|
42
|
|
The National Standards Authority of Ireland
|
11
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The Pensions Authority
|
20
|
|
The Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland
|
18
|
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The Royal Hospital Donnybrook
|
52
|
|
Tipperary Education and Training Board
|
101
|
|
Tipperary North Riding Vocational Education Committee
|
146
|
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Údarás na Gaeltachta
|
3
|
|
University College Cork
|
838
|
|
University College Dublin
|
1,314
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|
University of Dublin Trinity College
|
1,253
|
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University of Limerick
|
453
|
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Valuation Office
|
21
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Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board
|
204
|
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Waterford County Council
|
80
|
|
Waterford Institute of Technology
|
110
|
|
Western Development Commission
|
4
|
|
Westmeath County Council
|
57
|
|
Wexford County Council
|
105
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Wicklow County Council
|
60
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Totals
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64,146
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