Editing Civil service (section)

====Ireland====
{{Main|Civil Service of the Republic of Ireland}}
The civil service of Ireland includes the employees of the [[Department of state (Ireland)|Departments of State]] (excluded are [[Government of Ireland|government]] [[Minister (government)|ministers]] and a small number of paid political advisors) as well as a small number of core state agencies such as the [[Office of the Revenue Commissioners]], the [[Office of Public Works]], and the Public Appointments Service. The organisation of the Irish Civil Service is very similar to the traditional organization of the British Home Civil Service, and indeed the grading system in the Irish Civil Service is nearly identical to the traditional grading system of its British counterpart. In Ireland, public sector employees such as teachers or members of the country's [[Police|police force]], the ''[[Garda Síochána]]'' are not considered to be civil servants, but are rather described as "public servants" (and form the [[public service of the Republic of Ireland]]).