Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 5 Mar 1991

Vol. 405 No. 9

Written Answers. - Departmental Staff Statistics.

Ruairí Quinn

Question:

72 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline, in respect of the years 1981 to 1990 inclusive, the total number of executive officers serving in each Government Department.

Minister for Finance (Mr. A. Reynolds):

The reply is in the form of a tabular statement:

Number of Executive Officers Serving by Department/Office 1981-1990 (Inclusive).

	Dec. 1981	Dec. 1982	Dec. 1983	Dec. 1984	Dec. 1985	Dec. 1986	Dec. 1987	Dec. 1988	Dec. 1989	Dec. 1990
Oireachtas	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Taoiseach	14	12	12	12	11	6	8	9	8	9
Central Statistics Office	46	46	43	38	43	47	48	48	37	40
Comptroller & Auditor General	10	10	9	7	10	9	8	8	3	0
Finance	78	79	77	57	54	49	48	44	46	47
Revenue	288	291	301	294	285	258	268	241	258	253
Office of Public Works	103	98	96	92	80	76	76	74	65	64
Valuation Office	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Civil Service Commission	18	14	14	12	13	13	4	2	9	11
Ombudsman	0	0	0	3	4	4	3	3	2	1
Director of Public Prosecutions	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Justice — HQ	57	56	56	57	54	52	59	56	52	49
Justice — Supreme & High Court	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	0	1	1
Justice — Circuit Court Office	10	10	26	26	26	28	31	28	28	29
Justice — Dublin Met/District Court	33	37	34	33	33	30	29	27	26	26
Justice — Provincial District Court	97	93	81	80	80	78	77	77	74	73
Justice — Garda Complaints Board	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Justice — Land Registry	65	63	62	62	62	54	52	44	52	61
Justice — CD & B	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0
Environment	136	137	135	127	112	100	106	96	94	96
Education	152	150	139	137	131	126	126	116	107	104
National Gallery	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Gaeltacht	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	5
Marine	30	32	30	35	27	29	29	27	24	30
Communications	8	6	6	5	5	4	5	5	4	5
Labour	95	82	86	83	73	82	78	70	66	61
Energy	36	36	30	30	28	27	27	25	27	27
Industry & Commerce	120	113	112	110	110	92	92	84	71	60
Tourism & Transport	75	73	71	60	47	45	39	36	34	28
Defence	83	78	80	73	69	66	68	60	55	53
Social Welfare	169	174	176	190	198	225	237	226	246	268
Health	65	61	59	55	53	52	54	51	47	43
Foreign Affairs	37	37	37	35	35	34	30	26	29	33
Agriculture & Food	241	227	222	211	196	196	192	164	151	175

Note:

This table takes account of the transfer of functions out of the Civil Service during the period 1981-1990 to An Post, Telecom Éireann and Coillte Teo. It also takes account of internal changes within the Civil Service, mainly in the following functions: Tourism, Transport, Industry, Commerce, Communications, Marine, Forestry and Fisheries. Figures are where possible kept consistent with current departmental responsibilities. Thus, although there was no Department of the Marine until 1987, this table shows figures back to 1981, which represent a best estimate of the numbers engaged in that function.

Bernard Allen

Question:

73 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Finance the percentage of the total workforce in his Department which consists of registered disabled people.

Minister for Finance (Mr. A. Reynolds):

The following is the information you require in respect of my Department and the offices under my aegis.

	Percentage of total work force consisting of registered disabled people.
	%
Department of Finance	2.5
Office of the Revenue Commissioners	1.23
Valuation and Ordnance Survey	1.0
State Laboratory	3.0
Office of Public Works	1.6
Civil Service Commission	0
Ombudsman	0