160. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the budget and number of staff working in his Department in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51571/19]

The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. This includes the budget allocation in the Revised Estimates for each of the years in question and the number of staff employed in those years.

* The National Shared Services Office was a Division of the Department with a separate Vote, prior to its establishment as a Scheduled Office under the aegis of the Department on 1st January 2018

** The Office of Government Procurement is a Division of the Department with a separate Vote