asked the Minister for the Public Service the total number of persons, civil servants and non-civil servants, employed in Ministers and Ministers of State offices and the cost at 30 September 1983.
Ceisteanna: Questions. Oral Answers. - Ministerial Office Staffs.
The reply is in the form of a tabular statement which will be circulated in the Official Report.
The information regarding staffing in the offices concerned, which has been supplied to me, is as follows:
Minister |
Total Staff |
Salary Cost |
£ |
||
Taoiseach |
12 |
102,150 |
Tánaiste and Minister for Environment |
19 |
157,453 |
Foreign Affairs |
8 |
70,681 |
Industry & Energy |
15 |
107,000 |
Labour |
14 |
134,647 |
Defence |
8 |
62,744 |
Public Service |
11 |
85,206 |
Gaeltacht and |
4 |
33,186 |
Fisheries & Forestry |
11 |
99,802 |
Transport |
12 |
99,905 |
Posts & Telegraphs |
10 |
76,513 |
Finance |
17 |
127,346 |
Trade Commerce & Tourism |
11 |
93,634 |
Health and |
9 |
64,327 |
Social Welfare |
13 |
99,000 |
Agriculture |
12 |
92,300 |
Justice |
15 |
114,112 |
Education |
17 |
134,252 |
Ministers of State |
Total Staff |
Salary Cost |
£ |
||
Taoiseach and |
8 |
63,736 |
Defence |
1 |
16,722 |
Taoiseach and |
5 |
50,583 |
Justice |
2 |
22,386 |
Taoiseach |
9 |
82,650 |
Posts & Telegraphs |
3 |
17,405 |
Environment |
13 |
103,784 |
Foreign Affairs |
8 |
63,985 |
Agriculture (Mr. Hegarty) |
9 |
72,580 |
Agriculture (Mr. Connaughton) |
14 |
114,500 |
Gaeltach and |
— |
— |
Fisheries & Forestry |
11 |
83,420 |
Finance (O.P.W.) |
9 |
72,000 |
Industry & Energy |
7 |
54,300 |
Transport and |
— |
— |
Posts & Telegraphs |
13 |
105,681 |
Trade, Commerce & Tourism |
7 |
57,112 |
Labour |
9 |
82,662 |
Health & |
4 |
29,874 |
Social Welfare |
7 |
56,000 |
Education |
11 |
78,367 |