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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 27 Jun 1995

Vol. 455 No. 1

Written Answers. - Ministerial Appointments.

Bertie Ahern

Question:

141 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment 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. [11915/95]

The Deputy's question can be divided into three broad categories viz, (a) staff appointments by me or the Ministers of State at my Department; (b) consultancies, analytic reviews, examinations and public relations services commissioned or due to be commissioned by me or Ministers of State at my Department and (c) appointments to State bodies under the aegis of my Department.

The information sought by the Deputy is as follows.

A. Staff Appointments

(i) Office of Minister for Enterprise and Employment

Title-Grade

Number

Annual Salary

£

Programme Manager

1

43,752

Personal Assistant

1

18,955

(ii)Office of the Minister for Commerce, Science and Technology

Title-Grade

Number

Annual Salary

£

Programme Manager

1

38,760

Special Adviser

1

32,640

Personal Secretary

1

15,794

(iii)Office of Minister for Labour Affairs

Title-Grade

Number

Annual Salary

£

Special Adviser

1

32,150 plus

allowance of £1,170 in lieu of superannuation

Personal Assistant

1

18,311

In addition, two civilian drivers have been employed, each receiving a salary of £252.70 per week or £13,186 per annum.
B. Consultancies, Reviews, etc.

Title of Review-Consultancy-Report-Study

Undertaken by

Economic Evaluation of Insurance Costs in Ireland

Deloitte & Touche

Study of Steel Prices in 1995

Myles O'Reilly & Associates

Study to examine the implications of Sunday Trading in the Retail Trades

Irish Productivity Centre

1995 School Leavers' Survey

Economic and Social Research Institute

Law Searching

Brady & Co. (for Employment Rights Section)

Advice re future strategy for Irish Steel

IBI Corporate Finance Ltd.

Total estimated cost of above studies is £326,000.
C. The only appointments made to the semi-State bodies have been to the boards of such bodies and are as follows:

Company

Name of Appointee

Date of Appointment

SFADCo.

Mr. Michael Punch (Chairman)

15 May 1995

Mr. Declan Doyle

18 May 1995 (re-app)

Forfás

Mr. Jim O'Mahony

1 January 1995 (re-app)

Mr. William Murphy

1 January 1995 (re-app)

Forbairt

Ms Eileen O'Meara (Chairperson)

2 February 1995 (re-app)

Mr. John Walsh

30 March 1995

Mr. Jimmy Somers

2 February 1995 (re-app)

IDA Ireland

Dr. Eleanor O'Higgins

15 February 1995 (re-app)

Mr. Ronald Long

30 May 1995

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