Written Answers. - Ministerial Appointments.
Bertie Ahern
Question:
74
Mr. B. Ahern
asked the
Minister for Health
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.
[11907/95]
Limerick East): I have appointed one programme manager and three special advisers, details of which I have already given in reply to a Parliamentary Question from Deputy Maire Geoghegan-Quinn on 14 June 1995. I have also appointed the following:
Mr. Richard Butler as my Personal Assistant at a cost of £22,703 per annum.
Mr. Michael Larkin as my Personal Secretary at a cost of £14,630 per annum.
Mr. Liam Curham as Personal Assistant to Brian O'Shea, TD, Minister of State at my Department at a cost of £10,000 per annum.
Ms Marie Meegan as Personal Assistant to Austin Currie, TD, Minister of State at my Department at a cost of £18,772 per annum.
Ms Jane Leslie as Personal Secretary to Brian O'Shea, TD, Minister of State at my Department at a cost of £13,560 per annum.
Ms Jane Murphy and Brenda Coyne (job-sharing) as Personal Secretary to Austin Currie TD, Minister of State at my Department at an annual cost of £11,016 per annum and £5,630 per annum, respectively.
Details of consultants employed by my Department were also given in response to Deputy Geoghegan-Quinn's question on 14 June 1995. In addition the following consultants have completed studies commissioned recently.
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Bain & Co.
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Blood Transfusion Services Board Study
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£140,000approximately
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Mr. Donal Cooney
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Public Health Consultancy
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£7,500
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Trinity College
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Feasibility Study in respect of Establishment of a National Centre for Mental Handicap Studies
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£20,000
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There are no current appointments to semi-State bodies of the type in question.
The following table sets out the situation in my Department in relation to reviews, consultancies or reports which are being commissioned or are due to be commissioned.
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Company-individual
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Project
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Cost or estimated cost(s)
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Not yet commissioned
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National Networking Strategy.
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£15,000
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Not yet commissioned
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Proposed evaluation of the Indicative Drug Target Scheme
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£50,000
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Not yet commissioned
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Research on factors underlying crisis pregnancy and abortion
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No estimate available
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Mr. Michael McDonagh
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Survey on involvement in sports and physical recreation
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£1,500
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Gilmore Communications
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PR for National Healthy Eating Week
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£10,000
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Not yet commissioned
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Review of Role of Mental Handicap Nursing
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£20,000
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