285. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of employees currently employed in the offices of the Comptroller and Auditor General; the number of staff per year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70287/25]
Topics / Public Sector Staff
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsPublic Sector Staff
118 questions from 50 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.
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117 written, 1 oral
50
TDs have asked
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Independents counted together
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departments asked
Questions per month
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| Month | Questions |
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| January 2025 | 1 |
| February 2025 | 11 |
| March 2025 | 10 |
| April 2025 | 1 |
| May 2025 | 19 |
| June 2025 | 2 |
| July 2025 | 5 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 5 |
| October 2025 | 1 |
| November 2025 | 3 |
| December 2025 | 13 |
| January 2026 | 1 |
| February 2026 | 9 |
| March 2026 | 1 |
| April 2026 | 12 |
| May 2026 | 13 |
| June 2026 | 4 |
| July 2026 | 5 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 0 |
| October 2026 | 2 |
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The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.
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The questions
328. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of employees currently employed by Revenue; the number of staff per year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70292/25]
344. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of employees currently employed in the National Shared Service Office; the number of staff per year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70283/25]
345. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of employees currently employed in the Office of Public Works; the number of staff per since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70288/25]
346. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of employees currently employed in the offices of the Public Appointment Service; the number of staff per year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70289/25]
722. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of employees currently in his Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, broken down by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70249/25]
723. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of employees currently employed in the Prison Services; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, broken down by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70250/25]
313. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the commitments given to water services workers in June 2023, allowing them to remain in direct local authority employment until at least the end of 2026, preclude any requirement for those staff to undertake Uisce Éireann-led training or to engage with Uisce Éireann operational systems. [68571/25]
314. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some local authorities have directed non-transferred water services staff to attend Uisce Éireann safety management system training; if he considers this compatible with Government commitments to those workers; and if he will intervene to ensure that any such directives are pa…
315. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the safeguards in place to ensure that local authority water workers who chose not to transfer to Uisce Éireann cannot be subject to indirect or functional transfer through training requirements, system dependencies or other measures introduced without agreement. [68573/25]
320. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment when the National Competitiveness and Productivity Council’s Competitiveness Bulletin on public-sector performance will be published (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65728/25]
321. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will provide Ireland’s scores and rankings under the Blavatnik Index of Public Administration for each year since the index was first produced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65729/25]
322. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department will publish a time series of public-sector productivity indicators for the past ten years, broken down by major areas of public administration where possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65730/25]
187. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to outline the criteria by which those with disabilities, who apply for positions under the disability-specific recruitment schemes run by publicjobs.ie, are assessed; what information applicants have to supply to outline their disability in their application; and if he will make a statement…
354. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he intends to extend the current retirement age for uniformed personnel such as firefighters in the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51969/25]
356. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the methodology and calculations used by his Department in assessing a professional added years application, submitted by a public sector employer on behalf of an employee, where such employee is classified as a "new entrant" per Government Circular 8/2005; and if he will make a statement…
93. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the classification of employees of State and semi-State bodies (details supplied). [39838/25]
656. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the latest total number of public sector employees, broken down by department and agency, and the total number of public sector employees in each department/agency that are not currently entitled to a public sector pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47269/25]
676. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his plans to include public sector workers during the permit process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44939/25]
57. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will provide an overview of cases before his Department for certain workers to be re-categorised as public service workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39854/25]
64. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the measures put in place to ensure value for money as a result of the expansion of civil and public service numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40067/25]
158. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of WTE staff, by grade based in each INTREO office in Galway, in tabular form. [39742/25]
121. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing targeted tax reliefs or financial supports for essential public sector workers, such as nurses, teachers and Gardaí, in high-cost urban areas, to address recruitment and retention challenges linked to housing affordability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39413/25]
390. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the cost of bringing all public service workers that are currently earning below the new living wage, in line with the current rate. [39207/25]
248. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the reason a legal executive officer cannot currently apply for a secondment to another role like all other staff grades; and the reason that some grades can apply for secondments, and some cannot, contributing to a loss of opportunity based on ambiguous rules. [33246/25]