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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 27 Jun 1995

Vol. 455 No. 1

Written Answers. - Ministerial Appointments.

Bertie Ahern

Question:

109 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Minister for Education the persons appointed by her or by Ministers of State at her Department as programme managers, advisers, secretaries, assistants, counsellors or back-up staff either in her Department or in constituency offices; the annualised remuneration being paid to these staff; the names of individuals, groups or companies which have undertaken or have been approved to undertake full-time, part-time or casual consultancies, reviews, examinations or analysis or any public relations services on her behalf or on behalf of Ministers of State at her Department; the actual or estimated cost in this regard; the persons, companies, consultants, attachés or otherwise she or Ministers of State at her Department have appointed to semi-State bodies under the aegis of her Department; and any reviews, consultancies or reports she or Ministers of State at her Department have commissioned or are due to commission; and the full cost in respect of all these matters. [11911/95]

The information requested by the Deputy on persons appointed to the Department of Education is as follows:

Name

Position

Annual Salary

£

Patrick Keating

Programme Manager

39,993

Elizabeth Rock

Special Adviser to Minister

34,210

Sineaid Bruton

Minister's Press Officer

28,060

Máire Doyle

Personal Assistant to Minister

16,772

Caterina Zeni

Personal Secretary to Minister

8,788

Thomas Daly

Special Adviser to Minister of State

30,274

Denis Reading

Personal Secretary to Minister of State

24,000

Martina O'Callaghan

Personal Assistant to Minister of State

18,520

The following consultancy projects were initiated and completed since 16 December 1994. Details on consultants which are currently engaged by the Department of Education were provided to this House on 20 June 1995.

Name of Company

Nature of Consultancy

Tender Price

£

1. U.M.S. Group Ltd.

Strategic Management Initiative

4,537

2. Mr. Thomas McCarthy

School Governance Consultancy

662

3. Medb Ruane/Jonathan Williams

Editorial Work on White Paper

3,520

4. Drury Communications Ltd.

Consultancy on communication strategies arising from new policy directions in the Department

8,000

5. Combat Poverty Agency

Study on Educational Disadvantaged

19,000

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