Public Service Numbers DatabankDepartment of Public Expenditure and Reform
Department of Public Expenditure and ReformPublic Service Numbers Databank
Dataset providing full-time-equivalent counts of public service staff by sector for Ireland, covering 1980 to 2015, with year-end figures up to 2007 and quarterly data from Q4 2008 onward. It includes staff whose pay is not directly funded by the Exchequer, such as Local Authority employees and some Non-Commercial State Agency personnel. Functionally, it spans the Civil Service, Education, Justice (mainly An Garda Síochána), Health (mainly HSE staff), local authorities, and NCSAs. A revised monitoring system introduced in Q1 2009 uses Q4 2008 as its base, drawing on quarterly reports to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; minor discontinuities may reflect methodological changes. Published by the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation.Id-DataBank tan-Numri tas-Servizz Pubbliku jipprovdi aċċess għal sett komprensiv ta’ Numri tas-Servizz Pubbliku ppreżentati fuq bażi ekwivalenti għall-ħin kollu u juri l-għadd ta’ persunal impjegat f’kull settur għall-perjodu 1980 sa 2015. Mill-1980 sa l-2007 iċ-ċifri ta’ tmiem it-trimestru tar-raba’ trimestru huma disponibbli. Mir-raba’ kwart tal-2008’il quddiem, id-dejta hija disponibbli fuq bażi ta’ kull tliet xhur. Dan l-għadd ta’ persunal jinkludi uffiċjali pubbliċi li l-paga tagħhom mhijiex iffinanzjata direttament mit-Teżor fil-każijiet kollha. L-akbar kategorija ta’ dawn hija l-impjegati tal-Awtorità Lokali iżda hemm ukoll persunal f’xi Stat Mhux Kummerċjali li l-Aġenziji tiegħu jħallsu huwa ffinanzjat mir-riżorsi proprji ta’ dawn il-korpi. F’termini funzjonali, is-servizz pubbliku huwa magħmul mis-Servizz Ċivili, is-Settur tal-Edukazzjoni (prinċipalment għalliema fil-livell primarju, ta’ wara l-primarja u tat-tielet livell), is-settur tal-Ġustizzja (prinċipalment An Garda Síochána), is-Settur tas-Saħħa (prinċipalment persunal impjegat mill-Eżekuttiv tas-Servizz tas-Saħħa), l-awtoritajiet lokali u l-aġenziji statali mhux kummerċjali jew l-NCSAs. Sistema ġdida għall-monitoraġġ tan-numri tas-servizz pubbliku ġiet introdotta fl-ewwel kwart tal-2009. Din is-sistema tuża ċ-ċifri tal-Q4 2008 bħala l-bażi tagħha u n-numri huma bbażati fuq informazzjoni rrappurtata lid-Dipartiment tan-Nefqa Pubblika u r-Riforma fuq bażi trimestrali. Is-sistema hija sistema live u qed tiġi rfinata u mtejba kontinwament u jista’ jkun hemm diskontinwitajiet żgħar fis-serje li jirriflettu bidliet metodoloġiċi u informazzjoni aġġornata dwar numri f’setturi partikolari.
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Data schema (9 fields)
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Year | int | Calendar year of the staff number record.Calendar year of the staff number record. |
| Quarter | text | Quarter of the year the data refers to.Quarter of the year the data refers to. |
| Level_1Level 1 | text | Name of the top-level government sector or department group.Name of the top-level government sector or department group. |
| Level_2Level 2 | text | Name of the level 2 department or sector.Name of the level 2 department or sector. |
| Level_3Level 3 | text | Name of the level 3 employment category, such as Civil Service.Name of the level 3 employment category, such as Civil Service. |
| Level_4Level 4 | text | Name of the level 4 organisational subdivision.Name of the level 4 organisational subdivision. |
| Level_5Level 5 | text | Name of the level 5 organisational unit or office.Name of the level 5 organisational unit or office. |
| Level_6Level 6 | text | Name of the level 6 organisational unit, if applicable.Name of the level 6 organisational unit, if applicable. |
| FTE | text | Number of staff employed, expressed as full-time equivalents.Number of staff employed, expressed as full-time equivalents. |
Schema inferred from the distribution file's first records 21 days ago. Column types are sampled estimates, not source-declared.
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Sample data (5 records)
Record 1FTE: 3,960.56 · Year: 2025
{
"FTE": "3,960.56",
"Year": "2025",
"Level_1": "Agriculture, Food And The Marine Group",
"Level_2": "Agriculture, Food And The Marine",
"Level_3": "Civil Service",
"Level_4": "Civil Service",
"Level_5": "Agriculture, Food & Marine",
"Level_6": "",
"Quarter": "Qtr 4"
}Record 2FTE: 70.60 · Year: 2025
{
"FTE": "70.60",
"Year": "2025",
"Level_1": "Agriculture, Food And The Marine Group",
"Level_2": "Agriculture, Food And The Marine",
"Level_3": "Civil Service",
"Level_4": "Industrials",
"Level_5": "Agri - Industrials",
"Level_6": "",
"Quarter": "Qtr 4"
}Record 3FTE: 17.00 · Year: 2025
{
"FTE": "17.00",
"Year": "2025",
"Level_1": "Agriculture, Food And The Marine Group",
"Level_2": "Agriculture, Food And The Marine",
"Level_3": "Ncsa",
"Level_4": "Non Commercial State Agencies",
"Level_5": "Ncsa - Active",
"Level_6": "An Rialálaí Agraibhia",
"Quarter": "Qtr 4"
}Record 4FTE: 172.60 · Year: 2025
{
"FTE": "172.60",
"Year": "2025",
"Level_1": "Agriculture, Food And The Marine Group",
"Level_2": "Agriculture, Food And The Marine",
"Level_3": "Ncsa",
"Level_4": "Non Commercial State Agencies",
"Level_5": "Ncsa - Active",
"Level_6": "Bord Bia",
"Quarter": "Qtr 4"
}Record 5FTE: 116.00 · Year: 2025
{
"FTE": "116.00",
"Year": "2025",
"Level_1": "Agriculture, Food And The Marine Group",
"Level_2": "Agriculture, Food And The Marine",
"Level_3": "Ncsa",
"Level_4": "Non Commercial State Agencies",
"Level_5": "Ncsa - Active",
"Level_6": "Bord Iascaigh Mhara",
"Quarter": "Qtr 4"
}Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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curl -sL 'http://databank.per.gov.ie/Public_Service_Numbers.aspx?rep=OpenDataSourceCSV' -o data.csvFull csv file download — the schema shown was inferred from the file's first records.
Dataset
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Coverage
- First published
- 1980-01-01
License
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- Category: cc
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Distributions (8)
public-service-numbers-1980-2015-5-pdf
http://databank.per.gov.ie/Public_Service_Numbers.aspx?rep=OpenDataKeyspublic-service-numbers-1980-2015-1-doc
http://databank.per.gov.ie/Public_Service_Numbers.aspx?rep=OpenDataOpen Data Public Service Numbers Keys
http://databank.per.gov.ie/Public_Service_Numbers.aspx?rep=OpenDataKeysCSVpublic-service-numbers-1980-2015-4-doc
http://databank.per.gov.ie/Public_Service_Numbers.aspx?rep=OpenDataKeyspublic-service-numbers-1980-2015-3-xls
http://databank.per.gov.ie/Public_Service_Numbers.aspx?rep=OpenDataKeyspublic-service-numbers-1980-2015-2-pdf
http://databank.per.gov.ie/Public_Service_Numbers.aspx?rep=OpenDataOpen Data Public Service Numbers Source
http://databank.per.gov.ie/Public_Service_Numbers.aspx?rep=OpenDataSourceCSVpublic-service-numbers-1980-2015-0-xls
http://databank.per.gov.ie/Public_Service_Numbers.aspx?rep=OpenData