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Dáil
‹ Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Public Service Numbers and Cost.

Cost of civil service staffing growth

Summary

Additional non-industrial civil service staff since January 1977 cost the Exchequer £27 million annually as of January 1980, involving approximately 5,000 people.

asked the Minister for the Public Service the increased costs to the Exchequer in 1980, by comparison with the year 1977, attributable to the growth of numbers employed in the non-industrial civil service.

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Garrett Fitzgerald Mr. G. Fitzgerald Fine Gael

The annual cost to the Exchequer as at 1 January 1980 of additional staff employed in the non-industrial civil service since 1 January 1977 was £27 million.

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Dr. Fitzgerald

How many people are involved?

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Garrett Fitzgerald Mr. G. Fitzgerald Fine Gael

Approximately 5,000.

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