Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 7 May 2026
178. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of civil and public servants employed by his Department in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [33946/26]
View answerI can confirm to the Deputy the number of Full Time Equivalents (FTEs) employed by my Department in each of the past ten years is as set out in the table below:
|
Year |
FTE |
|
2016 |
317.96 |
|
2017 |
373.10 |
|
2018 |
393.65 |
|
2019 |
383.20 |
|
2020 |
392.41 |
|
2021 |
440.11 |
|
2022 |
537.98 |
|
2023 |
641.81 |
|
2024 |
856.61 |
|
2025 |
668.54 |
|
2026 |
646.23 |
2016 to 2024 figures are sourced from the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation - Databank.
2026 figure is to up to Quarter 1.
