There is a massive gender divide in the civil service

The higher up the grade scale you go, the more men dominate.

By Nicky Ryan Tuesday 29 Jul 2014, 3:48 PM

Jul 29th 2014, 3:48 PM 13,418 Views 22 Comments

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FIGURES PUBLISHED TODAY in a CSO report on gender differences in Irish society shows a significant imbalance between men and women in the civil service.

Despite women making up 65.8% of the workforce in 2013, women are mostly confined to lower grades such as clerical or staff officer.

The higher up the grade scale you go, the more men dominate.

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Services officers and attendants, positions which only exist in certain departments, are also mainly men.

However, some gender balance is achieved in middle-management roles.

Today’s report also notes that men ‘out-numbered women in all national and regional decision-making structures in Ireland in 2013’.

“Only 13.3% of Government Ministers were female in 2013 while 15.7% of TDs were female,” the report read.

It adds that less than one in five members of Local Authorities were female.

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There is a massive gender divide in the civil service

The higher up the grade scale you go, the more men dominate.

CSO charts on women and men in decision-making

CSO charts on women and men in decision-making