Ministerial Staff.

Tuesday, 13 December 2005

Ceisteanna (319)

Eamon Gilmore

Ceist:

354 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food in respect of each Minister of State within her Department, the number of staff broken down by grade employed within their private and constituency office; the number of staff who are permanent civil servants; the number who are political appointees; the annual cost of each office in terms of salary, overtime and expenses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39029/05]

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Minister for Agriculture and Food (Mary Coughlan)

The following tables show the breakdown of staff in the private and constituency offices of my two Ministers of State.

Constituency Office of the Minister of State, Deputy Brendan Smith.

Grade	Number	Salary Scale
Personal Assistant (Non-Civil Servant)	1	€20,496-€39,532 Secretarial Assistants Salary Scale+10% Allowance
Personal Secretary (Non-Civil Servant)	1	€20,496-€39,532 Secretarial Assistants Salary Scale+10% Allowance
Clerical Officers	2	€21,563-€34,964 Clerical Officer Scale

Private Office of the Minister of State, Deputy Brendan Smith.

Grade	Number	Salary Scale
Private Secretary	1	€41,151-€52,235 HEO Standard Scale+Private Secretary allowance €18,015
Executive Officer	1	€28,441-€45,125 Full PRSI EO Standard Scale
Clerical Officers	3	€21,563-€34,864 Full PRSI Clerical Officer Standard Scale
Total	7 Civil Servants2 Non-Civil Servants

Expenses since January 2005 total €7,915.10.

Overtime since January 2005 totals €21,051.80.

Constituency Office of the Minister of State, Deputy Browne.

Grade	Number	Salary Scale
Personal Secretary (Non-Civil Servant)	1	€20,490-€39532 Secretarial Assistant Salary Scale + 10% Allowance
Clerical Officer	2	€21,563-€34,964 Clerical Officer Scale
Temporary Clerical Officer	1	€20,181-€32,728 Clerical Officer Scale

Private Office of the Minister of State, Deputy Browne.

Grade	Number	Salary Scale
Private Secretary	1	€41,151-€52,235 HEO Standard Scale+Private Secretary allowance €18,015
Executive Officer	1	€28,441-€45,125 Full PRSI EO Standard Scale
Clerical Officer	1 Vacancy
Total	5 Civil Servants1 Non-Civil Servant

Expenses since January 2005 are nil.

Overtime since January 2005 totals €6,396.31.