asked the Minister for Industry and Energy if he will give the following information in respect of each personal assistant, adviser, consultant, secretary, typists or any other category employed from outside the civil service in a temporary, part-time or permanent capacity or contractual capacity, for the period 18 December 1982 to date: name, rank, remuneration, terms of conditions of employment, if seconded, and, if so, from where.
Ceisteanna — Questions. Oral Answers. - Departmental Appointments.
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I appointed Mrs. Mary Shinners as my personal secretary on a salary of £125.00 per week plus an allowance of £11.00 per week. She is seconded from the Houses of the Oireachtas.
Similarly my Minister of State, Mr. Edward Collins, appointed Miss Ann Flanagan as his personal secretary on the same salary and allowance as my personal secretary. She too is seconded from the Houses of the Oireachtas. Mr. Collins also appointed Mr. Walter Morgan as his personal assistant at a salary equivalent to the maximum of the civil service clerical officer scale, currently £170.89 per week. Mr. Morgan is a retired railway official.
These are full-time temporary appointments and will terminate not later than the date on which the present Government ceases to hold office.