Under the European System of Accounts 2010 (ESA 2010), general government is one of five mutually exclusive institutional sectors in the domestic economy:
(a) non-financial corporations (S.11);
(b) financial corporations (S.12);
(c) general government (S.13);
(d) households (S.14);
(e) non-profit institutions serving households (S.15).
Figure 2.1 below, illustrates the breakdown of the domestic institutional sectors in Ireland.
The general government sector is divided into four subsectors: central government (S.1311), state government (S.1312) (not applicable in Ireland), local government (S.1313) and social security funds (S.1314).
The Register of Public Sector Bodies 2025 – Final covers all general government (S.13) and all public corporations in the non-financial (S.11) and financial (S.12) sectors and comprises 885 public sector bodies.
A breakdown of the 885 bodies in the public sector in general government and public corporations outside general government (under public control) is provided in Figure 1.1 "Breakdown of Public Sector" in the Public Sector chapter.
A complete list of the Register in excel and csv formats are available here Register of Public Sector Bodies 2025 - Final Table 1.1 (XLS 61KB) and Register of Public Sector Bodies 2025 - Final Table 1.1 csv.
Figure 2.1 Domestic Institutional Sectors
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