Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 27 Jun 1995

Vol. 455 No. 1

Written Answers. - Departmental Staff.

Bertie Ahern

Question:

40 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach the persons appointed by him or by Ministers of State at his Department as programme managers, advisers, secretaries, assistants, counsellors or backup 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 fulltime, 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. [11904/95]

The Taoiseach

The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the following schedule.

Schedule to PQ No. 40 of 27 June 1995.

A. Appointments to the Department of the Taoiseach since 25 January, 1995. (when PQ, Nos. 3 to 7 seeking similar information were answered).

Name	Role	Annual Salary
Office of the Taoiseach
Mr. Kevin Gilna	Personal Assistant	£20,419
Dr. Gerry Boyle	Economic Policy Adviser	£46,752
Office of the Chief Whip
Ms Margaret Brady*	Personal Assistant	£18,404
Ms Brid Coen*	Personal Secretary	£11,000
Office of Minister of State for European Affairs
Mr. Brian Murphy†	Personal Assistant	£26,500
Office of the Minister of State for Western Development
Mr. Jim O'Callaghan	Special Adviser	£33,185
Ms Bernadette O'Meara	Personal Secretary	£13,904
Mr. Terry Wilson	Civilian Driver	£12,927
Mr. Frank Cullinan	Civilian Driver	£12,927

* They replaced two people who transferred to the Department of Defence on the appointment of Mr. Sean Barrett TD as Minister for Defence.

† He replaced the former Personal Assistant who resigned on 9 March 1995.

B. Consultancies/Reviews undertaken or to be commissioned. (PQ No. 13 of 8 March 1995 refers also).

Name	Nature of Assignment	Estimated Cost
Andersen Consulting	A study of internal financial systems	£25,000
Constitution Review Group	To review the Constitution	£300,000
Department of Political Science, Trinity College	A report on possible options to enhance the democratic accountability of the European Union in the context of the Inter-Governmental Conference.	£10,000

No other consultancies are envisaged for these areas at this stage.

Local Development.

It is also proposed that consultants will be sought to undertake work in relation to the evaluation and promotion of the local development programmes.

Public Relations Consultants.

No public relations consultants have been taken on to cover the period in question.

C. Persons, companies, consultants or otherwise appointed to semi-State bodies.

The mandate of the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) was renewed to 31 December 1997 and the new Council was appointed on 4 May 1995. Its membership is:

Mr. Michael Berkery	Dr. David Jacobsen	Mr. Brian O'Loghlen
Mr. K. Bonner	Ms Betty Kehoe	Ms J. O'Neill
Mr. Peter Cassells	Ms Mairead Lavery	Dr. Ann Ryan
Mr. Ciaran Dolan	Ms. Ann Maher	Mr. Lar Sheeran
Mr. S. Dorgan	Prof Alan Matthews	Mr. Jimmy Somers
Mr. John Dunne	Mr. E. McCumiskey	Ms Lorraine Sweeney
Ms Carol Fawsitt	Ms Lenore Mrkwicka	Mr. Brian Sweeney
Mr. Phil Flynn	Mr. P. Mullarkey	Mr. Paddy Teahon
Mr. Joe Healy	Ms Mary Murphy	(Chairman)
Mr. George Hennessy	Mr. Owen Nulty	Mr. Gregory Tierney
Dr. Patrick Honohan	Ms Patricia O'Donovan	Mr. Tom Toner