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Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 19 Dec 1996

Vol. 473 No. 3

Written Answers. - Departmental Staff.

Ivor Callely

Question:

205 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Tourism and Trade the persons appointed by him or by the Minister(s) of State at his Department as programme managers, advisers, assistants or back-up staff either in his Department or in constituency offices; the annualised remuneration 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 analyses or any public relations service on his behalf or on behalf of the Minister(s) of State at his Department; the actual and estimated cost for 1997 in this regard; the persons, companies, consultants or otherwise he or the Minister(s) of State at his Department have appointed to carry out work on behalf of semi-State bodies under the aegis of his Department; the reviews, consultancies or reports which he or the Minister(s) of State at his Department have commissioned or are due to commission; and the full costs in respect of all of these matters to his Department. [25104/96]

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

Office of the Minister

Name

Post

Salary

£

Ivan Doherty

Programme Manager

44,408

Kathleen Coady

Special Adviser

14,315

Marian O'Keefe

Personal Assistant

20,361

Geraldine Greene

Personal Secretary

18,823

Mary Cummins

Press Officer

28,420

Office of the Minister of State

Name

Post

Salary

£

Tony Brown

Special Adviser

34,623

Betty Desmond

Personal Assistant

19,431

Pat Meade

Personal Secretary

15,906

Declan Hurley

Civilian Driver

13,584

Denis O'Flynn

Civilian Driver

13,584

The following consultancies are currently under way in my Department:

Firm

Topic

1996 Estimated Cost

Public Relations of Ireland

Advice and guidance on public relations matters

£43,600

Fitzpatricks Associates

Evaluation of Tourism Op 1994-1999, including a Mid Term Evaluation

£72,000*

*25% charged to Department's Consultancy subhead A7, 75% recoupable from EU.
The Fitzpatricks Associates' evaluations will continue in 1997 at an estimated annual cost of £72,000, 75 per cent of which is recoupable from the EU. Otherwise, it is not possible at this stage to indicate with certainty what further consultancies or reviews may be commissioned by my Department.
I have made the following appointments to the boards of the State-sponsored bodies under the aegis of my Department:

Organisation

Name

Date of Appointment

An Bord Tráchtála

Mr. Seán Murray (Chairman)

7.9.95

Ms Carol Moffett

7.9.95

Mr. Gerard Keenan

17.11.95

Mr. William Attley*

13.11.96

Mr. R. Lynn Temple

6.12.96

Bord Fáilte

Mr. Pádraig

1.4.96

Ó h Uiginn* (Chairman)

Ms Bernadette Gallagher

21.11.95

Mr. Mark Mortell

11.12.96

CERT

Ms Mary Healy

21.11.96

*Reappointments
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