asked the Taoiseach if he will give details in respect of his Department or any office under his control of each person employed as a special adviser or consultant on contract by way of excluding order or otherwise appointed to that office or Department other than through the Civil Service Commission during the periods 5 July 1977 to 30 June 1981 and 9 March to 14 December 1982; the grades at which each such person served; the rate of remuneration paid; the dates at which the employments of any such persons ceased; if he will give details of any such persons who were appointed as permanent civil servants; the grade and rate of remuneration of persons so appointed; and the total cost of remunerating such persons in 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982 from the dates of their initial employment.
Written Answers. - Departmental Special Advisers.
I propose to circulate with the Official Report a statement giving the particulars requested.
The rates of remuneration given relate to the starting pay on appointment and do not take account of any subsequent grade or national pay increases. The appointees in the public interest are the only persons who are established civil servants. In relation to the last part of the Deputy's question, the particulars given relate to the tax years 1977-78 to 1982, inclusive, as this is the only annual cumulative information available in the computer record.
1. Appointments other than through the Civil Service Commission during the periods 5 July 1977 — 30 June 1981 and 9 March 1982 — 14 December 1982.
|
Name of Appointee |
Appointments by Excluding Order |
Appointments in the Public Interest |
||||||
|
Grade |
Date of Appointment |
Rate of Remuneration |
Date of Cessation of Employment in this Department |
Grade Grade |
Date of Appointment |
Rate of Remuneration |
Date of Cessation of Employment in this Department |
|
|
E. Byrne |
Personal Secretary to the Taoiseach |
25.7.77 |
£3,635 p.a. |
9.12.79 |
Staff Officer |
10.12.79 |
£5,304 p.a. |
16.12.79 |
|
F. Dunlop |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Government Press Secretary |
6.7.77 16.4.82 |
£9,485 p.a. £22,943 p.a. |
30.6.81 12.12.82 |
|
H. O'Gara |
Personal Assistant to Government Press Secretary |
11.7.77 |
£3,635 p.a. |
15.7.81 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
N. Donnelly |
Press Officer |
18.2.80 |
£7,249 p.a. |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
N. Turner |
— |
— |
— |
— |
H.E.O. |
11.1.80 |
£6,739 p.a. |
— |
|
V. Igoe** |
Research Officer |
15.9.80 |
£4,000 p.a. |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
E. Foy |
Personal Secretary to Minister of State |
14.4.80 |
£5,554 p.a. |
30.6.81 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
A. Cronin |
Cultural Adviser to Taoiseach |
25.2.80 |
£7,000 p.a. |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
J. Kelly |
Head of G.I.S. |
6.10.80 |
£13,000 p.a. |
30.6.81 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
J. Coogan |
Librarian — G.I.S. |
5.1.81 |
£5,500 p.a. |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
M. Mansergh |
Special Adviser on N.I. Affairs |
29.3.82 |
£20,538 p.a. |
14.12.82 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
W. Gilmore |
Director of the G.I.S. |
17.5.82 |
£25,000 p.a. |
14.12.82 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
K. Ryan |
Deputy Director G.I.S. |
19.4.82 |
£16,000 p.a. |
14.12.82 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
C. Butler |
Personal Assistant |
22.3.82 |
£9,352 p.a. |
14.12.82 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
C. Ní Chadhain |
Personal Assistant |
22.3.82 |
£5,400 p.a. |
14.12.82 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
P. McMahon |
Personal Assistant |
26.4.82 |
£7,382 p.a. |
14.12.82 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
* On secondment to the Leader of the Opposition.
** Part-time basis.
2. Total cost of remunerating persons appointed to this Department other than through the Civil Service Commission.
|
Year |
Cost |
|
1977-78 |
£9,840.34 |
|
1978-79 |
£19,322.99 |
|
1979-80 |
£33,309.43 |
|
1980-81 |
£54,388.88 |
|
1981-82 |
£42,675.29 |
|
1982* |
£143,103.47 |
* April-December 1982.