Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
The Public Service Numbers DataBank provides access to a comprehensive set of Public Service Numbers presented on a whole time equivalent basis and shows the numbers of staff employed in each sector for the period 1980 to 2015. From 1980 to 2007 the end quarter Q4 figures are available. From Q4 2008 onwards data is available on a quarterly basis. These staff numbers include public servants whose pay is not in all cases funded directly by the Exchequer. The largest category of these is Local Authority employees but there are also staff in some Non-Commercial State whose Agencies pay is funded from the own resources of these bodies. In functional terms, the public service is composed of the Civil Service, the Education Sector (principally teaching professionals at primary, post-primary and third level), the Justice sector (principally An Garda Síochána), the Health Sector (principally staff employed by the Health Service Executive), the local authorities and the non-commercial state agencies or NCSAs. A new system for monitoring public service numbers were introduced in the first quarter of 2009. This system uses the Q4 2008 figures as its base and the numbers are based on information reported to the Department of Public Expenditure & Reform on a quarterly basis. The system is a live system and is being continuously refined and enhanced and there may be minor discontinuities in the series reflecting methodological changes and updated information regarding numbers in particular sectors.
Trust score
How is this computed?Composite of 5 axes from our methodology (proof-based officialness, live verification, metadata completeness, license clarity, agent readiness).
- Officialnessweight 25%50/100
Not public-sector → neutral score; not subject to the proof checker.
- Availabilityweight 25%100/100
Latest verification succeeded.
- Metadata completenessweight 20%46/100
6 of 13 recommended metadata fields populated.
- License clarityweight 15%0/100
No license declared upstream.
- Agent readinessweight 15%50/100
Documentation present · 8 distribution(s) declared · DCAT themes assigned · Landing page present
Data schema (14 fields)
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Year | int | — |
| Quarter | text | — |
| Level_1_Key | int | — |
| Level_1 | text | — |
| Level_2_Key | int | — |
| Level_2 | text | — |
| Level_3 | text | — |
| Level_4_Key | int | — |
| Level_4 | text | — |
| Level_5_Key | int | — |
| Level_5 | text | — |
| Level_6_Key | int | — |
| Level_6 | text | — |
| FTE | text | — |
Schema inferred from the distribution file's first records 1 hour ago. Column types are sampled estimates, not source-declared.
Sample data (5 records)
Record 1FTE: 3,728.03 · Year: 2022
{
"FTE": "3,728.03",
"Year": "2022",
"Level_1": "Agriculture Group",
"Level_2": "Agriculture, Food & Marine",
"Level_3": "Civil Service",
"Level_4": "Civil Service",
"Level_5": "Agriculture, Food & Marine",
"Level_6": "",
"Quarter": "Qtr 1",
"Level_1_Key": "85000119",
"Level_2_Key": "85000201",
"Level_4_Key": "85000202",
"Level_5_Key": "85000080",
"Level_6_Key": ""
}Record 2FTE: 81 · Year: 2022
{
"FTE": "81",
"Year": "2022",
"Level_1": "Agriculture Group",
"Level_2": "Agriculture, Food & Marine",
"Level_3": "Civil Service",
"Level_4": "Industrials",
"Level_5": "AGRI - Industrials",
"Level_6": "",
"Quarter": "Qtr 1",
"Level_1_Key": "85000119",
"Level_2_Key": "85000201",
"Level_4_Key": "85000204",
"Level_5_Key": "85009009",
"Level_6_Key": ""
}Record 3FTE: 146.3 · Year: 2022
{
"FTE": "146.3",
"Year": "2022",
"Level_1": "Agriculture Group",
"Level_2": "Agriculture, Food & Marine",
"Level_3": "NCSA",
"Level_4": "Non Commercial State Agencies",
"Level_5": "NCSA - Active",
"Level_6": "Bord Bia",
"Quarter": "Qtr 1",
"Level_1_Key": "85000119",
"Level_2_Key": "85000201",
"Level_4_Key": "85000203",
"Level_5_Key": "85000205",
"Level_6_Key": "85008001"
}Record 4FTE: 120 · Year: 2022
{
"FTE": "120",
"Year": "2022",
"Level_1": "Agriculture Group",
"Level_2": "Agriculture, Food & Marine",
"Level_3": "NCSA",
"Level_4": "Non Commercial State Agencies",
"Level_5": "NCSA - Active",
"Level_6": "Bord Iascaigh Mhara",
"Quarter": "Qtr 1",
"Level_1_Key": "85000119",
"Level_2_Key": "85000201",
"Level_4_Key": "85000203",
"Level_5_Key": "85000205",
"Level_6_Key": "85008002"
}Record 5FTE: 142.01 · Year: 2022
{
"FTE": "142.01",
"Year": "2022",
"Level_1": "Agriculture Group",
"Level_2": "Agriculture, Food & Marine",
"Level_3": "NCSA",
"Level_4": "Non Commercial State Agencies",
"Level_5": "NCSA - Active",
"Level_6": "Marine Institute",
"Quarter": "Qtr 1",
"Level_1_Key": "85000119",
"Level_2_Key": "85000201",
"Level_4_Key": "85000203",
"Level_5_Key": "85000205",
"Level_6_Key": "85008003"
}Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
Verification Status
Using the API
Query examples
curl -sL 'http://databank.per.gov.ie/Public_Service_Numbers.aspx?rep=OpenDataKeysCSV' -o data.csvFull csv file download — the schema shown was inferred from the file's first records.
Dataset
Volume & freshness
Coverage
- First published
- 1980-01-01
License
No license declared upstream.
Themes
Distributions (8)
public-service-numbers-1980-2015-1-doc
http://databank.per.gov.ie/Public_Service_Numbers.aspx?rep=OpenDatapublic-service-numbers-1980-2015-4-doc
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=OpenDatapublic-service-numbers-1980-2015-0-xls
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=OpenDataKeysCSVOpen Data Public Service Numbers Source
http://databank.per.gov.ie/Public_Service_Numbers.aspx?rep=OpenDataSourceCSVpublic-service-numbers-1980-2015-3-xls
http://databank.per.gov.ie/Public_Service_Numbers.aspx?rep=OpenDataKeyspublic-service-numbers-1980-2015-5-pdf
http://databank.per.gov.ie/Public_Service_Numbers.aspx?rep=OpenDataKeys