Departmental Staff Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 April 2019

Thursday, 18 April 2019

Ceisteanna (144)

Barry Cowen

Ceist:

144. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons employed at each level of the Civil Service from Secretary General to cleaner each year since 2016; the number of those at each level who are female in each year since 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18355/19]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Justice and Equality

The information requested by the Deputy is outlined below in the table. The data is from 1st January in each year. The numbers below include all staff, including those who were off pay at the time, e.g. career break, unpaid leave, etc.  

2016
	Female	Male	Total
SEC	0	1	1
DS	0	1	1
ASC	4	10	14
PO	26	58	84
AP	71	87	158
HEO	149	97	246
AO	17	8	25
EO	230	136	366
SO	19	8	27
CO	450	190	640
SVO	16	33	49
Prof/Tech	252	153	405
Total	1234	782	2016
2017
	Female	Male	Total
SEC	0	1	1
DS	0	1	1
ASC	6	9	15
PO	29	58	87
AP	81	89	170
HEO	142	93	235
AO	23	12	35
EO	257	170	427
CO	475	221	696
SVO	15	31	46
Prof/Tech	266	155	421
Total	1294	840	2134
2018
	Female	Male	Total
SEC	1	0	1
DS	0	1	1
ASC	3	8	11
PO	36	58	94
AP	94	97	191
AO	37	30	67
HEO	163	123	286
EO	271	177	448
CO	517	291	808
SVO	16	29	45
Prof/Tech	276	157	433
Total	1414	971	2385
2019
	Female	Male	Total
SEC	0	1	1
DS	3	0	3
ASC	3	10	13
PO	44	60	104
AP	110	107	217
AO	32	32	64
HEO	174	123	297
EO	277	188	465
CO	542	305	847
SVO	14	27	41
Prof/Tech	279	165	444
Total	1478	1018	2496

Professional/technical posts consist mainly of staff in the Probation Service and Forensic Science Ireland.  My Department does not employ cleaning staff directly; there is a contract for cleaning services in place.

Question No. 145 answered with Question No. 133.