asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food in relation to each personal assistant, adviser, typist, secretary, or other category employed from outside the Civil Service in a temporary or part time or permanent capacity, or on a contractual basis since 10 March, the name, rank, remuneration and the terms of employment, and if seconded, from where.
Written Answers. - Ministerial Staff.
116.
Following are the details:
|
Name |
Rank |
Remuneration |
Terms of Employment |
|
Ms. D. McGrath |
Personal Secretary to Minister |
£160.41 per week (8th point incremental scale £113.36-£204.15) plus a temporary non pensionable allowance of £13.88 per week |
Full time, temporary contract with appropriate sick leave, annual leave and superannuation provisions; appointees seconded from the Houses of the Oireachtas |
|
Ms. C. White |
Personal Secretary to Minister of State (Mr. Walsh) |
£126.82 per week (3rd point incremental scale) plus a temporary non pensionable allowance of £13.88 per week |
|
|
Ms. E. McCarthy |
Personal Assistant (Clerical Duties) to Minister of State (Mr. Walsh) |
£176.95 per week |
Full time temporary contract with appropriate sick leave, annual leave and superannuation provisions |
|
Mr. S. O'Shea |
Special Adviser to Minister of State (Mr. Kirk) |
£88.00 per day, subject to a maximum of £14,800 per annum |
Part time temporary contract; travel and subsistence allowances payable at appropriate Civil Service rates in respect of absences on offical duties |
|
Mr. J. Flaherty |
Civilian Driver Minister of State (Mr. Kirk) |
£202.48 per week |
Full time temporary contract; sick leave, annual leave and superannuation provisions similar to those applying to non-established state employees; subsistence allowances at appropriate Civil Service rates payable for absences on official duty subject to a maximum of £3,300 per annum |
|
Mr. D. Hayes |
Civilian Driver Minister of State (Mr. Walsh) |
||
|
Mr. M. O'Sullivan |
Civilian Driver Minister of State (Mr. Walsh) |
||
|
Mr. J. O'Keeffe |
Systems Analyst |
£629.20 per fortnight |
Part time temporary contract from 13 May to 3 September 1987 |
The appointments were made under Excluding Orders made by the Civil Service Commissioners under the Civil Service Commissioners Act, 1956 except in the case of the part time appointments which do not require such Orders. The contracts provide for all appointments to terminate not later than the date on which the Minister or Ministers of State cease to hold office.
117.
asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of persons employed in (1) the constituency office and (2) the private office of himself and each Minister of State, the rank of each person and the salary paid; if he will outline the functions of the constituency office and the private office; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
The table beneath sets out details of the numbers, ranks and salary scales of the staff employed in the Ministers' offices. Staff are not formally divided into separate constituency and private offices and, in practice, carry out duties appropriate to both offices as the need arises. The situation varies from day to day in each office; the following are, however, the normal equivalent full time staffing levels:
|
Constituency Office |
Private Office |
|
|
Minister |
6 |
6 |
|
Minister of State (Mr. Kirk) |
4 |
5 |
|
Minister of State (Mr. Walsh) |
6 |
3 |
The private office assists the Minister in the co-ordination of his activities and in providing a liaison between him and the Department; the constituency office assists him in dealing with representations arising from his role as a public representative.
|
Rank |
Office of the Minister |
Office of the Minister of State (Mr. Kirk) |
Office of the Minister of State (Mr. Walsh) |
Salary |
|
Personal Adviser |
1 |
— |
— |
£21,268-£24,917 per annum |
|
Special Adviser |
— |
1 |
— |
£88 per day subject to a maximum of £14,800 per annum |
|
Private Secretary (Higher Executive Officer) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
£13,727-£16,489 per annum plus allowance of £4,182 per annum |
|
Executive Officer |
2 |
2 |
2 |
£6,928-£13,727 per annum |
|
Staff Officer |
1 |
— |
— |
£10,965-£12,683 per annum |
|
Clerical Officer |
2 |
1 |
1 |
£6,014-£10,964 per annum |
|
Clerical Assistant/ Typist |
4 |
4 |
3 |
£5,891-£8,724 per annum — 3 receive confidential typist allowance of £315 per annum |
|
Personal Secretary |
1 |
— |
1 |
£5,915-£10,652 per annum plus allowance of £724 per annum |
|
Personal Assistant (Clerical Duties) |
— |
— |
1 |
£9,233 per annum |