Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 January 2026
1115. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth the payroll cost of her Department and of each organisation or agency under its remit individually, in 2015 to 2025, by year, in tabular form. [74624/25]
View answerDetails in respect of payroll costs for employees of my department and staff contracted to my Department are provided in the table below.
|
Year |
Payroll Costs €000 |
Contractors €000 |
|
2015 |
71,789 |
353 |
|
2016 |
71,628 |
489 |
|
2017 |
74,597 |
644 |
|
2018 |
79,643 |
882 |
|
2019 |
84,478 |
3,091 |
|
2020 |
85,832 |
6,557 |
|
2021 |
89,323 |
10,491 |
|
2022 |
100,607 |
9,162 |
|
2023 |
112,611 |
11,596 |
|
2024 |
130,725 |
10,315 |
The payroll costs for 2025 have not yet been finalised, and will be available upon publication of the 2025 appropriation accounts.
I also wish to advise the Deputy that the that the payroll cost for former staff of my department is Nil. All former staff who are paid a public service pension are paid from vote 12 from National Shared Services Office. This is the vote that covers retired Civil Servants.
The information in respect of state bodies under the aegis of my department, within the scope of the Deputy’s question, is not held by my department. State bodies have been provided with the question and have been requested to respond directly to the Deputy.
