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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 27 Jun 1995

Vol. 455 No. 1

Written Answers. - Ministerial Appointments.

Bertie Ahern

Question:

138 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Minister for Tourism and Trade the persons appointed by him or by Ministers of State at his Department as programme managers, advisers, secretaries, assistants, counsellors or back-up staff either in his 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 his behalf or on behalf of Ministers of State at his Department; the actual or estimated cost in this regard: the persons, companies, consultants, attachés or otherwise he or Ministers of State at his Department have appointed to semi-State bodies under the aegis of his Department; and any reviews, consultancies or reports he or Ministers of State at his Department have commissioned or are due to commission; and the full cost in respect of all these matters. [11914/95]

The information requested by the Deputy on persons appointed by the Minister of State and I to our respective Offices is as follows:

Office of the Minister

Name

Post

Salary

£

Ivan Doherty

Programme Manager

42,894

Kathleen Coady

Special Adviser

13,827

Marian O'Keefe

Personal Assistant

19,471

Geraldine Greene

Personal Secretary

18,099

Miriam O'Callaghan

Press Officer

15,043

Office of the Minister of State

Name

Post

Salary

£

Tony Brown

Special Adviser

33,442

Betty Desmond

Personal Assistant

18,404

Pat Meade

Personal Secretary

15,363

Declan Hurley

Civilian Driver

13,185

Finbar Cregan

Civilian Driver

13,185

The following two consultancies are currently under way for my Department:

Firm

Topic

Estimated Cost

£

University of Limerick

Tourism Quality Indicator Study

3,000

Indecon

National Convention Centre

5,000

It is my intention to engage Public Relations of Ireland Ltd, to provide a public relations consultancy service to me and my Department but the contract terms for this service have not yet been finalised.
It is not possible at this stage to indicate with certainty what further consultancies or reviews may in future be commissioned by my Department.
Neither I nor the Minister of State have made any appointments to any semi-State bodies under the aegis of my Department.
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