Written Answers. - Departmental Staff.
Ivor Callely
Question:
218
Mr. Callely
asked the
Minister for Enterprise and Employment
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.
[25105/96]
Persons appointed to unestablished positions in my office and the offices of the Minister of State at my Department are as follows:
Office of the Minister for Enterprise and Employment.
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Name
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Title/Grade
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Annual Remuneration
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£
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Mr. Pat Carroll
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Programme Manager
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45,074 plus 16½ percent of salary in respect of superannuation
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Ms Siobhán Kenny
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Special Adviser
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25,756
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Ms June Browne
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Personal Assistant
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19,724
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Office of Minister for Commerce, Science and Technology.
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Name
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Title/Grade
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Annual Remuneration
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£
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Mr. Noel Ward
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Programme Manager
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39,931
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Mr. Fergus O'Raghallaigh
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Special Adviser
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33,627
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Ms Linda Brien
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Personal Secretary
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17,199
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Office of the Minister for Labour Affairs.
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Name
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Title/Grade
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Annual Remuneration
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£
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Ms Kathleen O'Meara
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Special Adviser
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33,121 plus an allowance of 1,170 in lieu of superannuation
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Ms Bríd Spencer
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Personal Assistant
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18,864
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Mr. Deiric Ó Broin
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Personal Secretary
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18,849
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Mr. Kevin Kearney
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Civilian Driver
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13,584
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Mr. Dick Feeney
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Civilian Driver
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13,584
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With regard to the remainder of the question, I wish to point out to the Deputy that it is not possible in the time available, and given the extremely broad nature of the question, to provide full and comprehensive information.
Consultancy services are paid out of Subhead A7 of my Department's Vote. Payments from this Subhead in respect of 1995 and 1996 (to date) were made to the following:
1995
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Myles O'Reilly and Associates,
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Mr. J. Joyce,
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Connolly Lowe,
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Patrick J. Morrisey and Co,
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Mr. John Cooke,
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Mr. Eoghan Fitzsimons,
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Hay MSL Management,
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Environmental Management and Auditing Services Ltd.
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A & L Goodbody,
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IBI,
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Mr. Brian Murray.
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Total Paid: £381,000.
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1996 (to date)
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Environmental Management and Auditing Services Ltd.
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Arias Y Associados (Mexico),
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IBI Corporate Finance,
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A & L Goodbody,
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Goodrich (Mexico),
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Patrick J. Morrisey & Co,
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Patrick McNutt & Associates,
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Mr. J. Joyce,
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UCD.
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Total Paid: £323,000.
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All expenditure in respect of advertising and publicity is accounted for under Subhead A.8 of my Department's Vote. The records of this expenditure for 1995 and 1996 (to-date) show the following breakdown:
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1995
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1996 (to date)
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Total Paid
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£107,000
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£114,000
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A separate classification for public relations is not maintained. Most of the expenditure is in respect of statutory and public information requirements and as the amount in respect of public relations would be minimal, I consider that the time and cost involved to ascertain that amount would not be justified.
Research Projects are funded out of Subhead Y of my Department's Vote: Payments from this subhead in respect of 1995 and 1996 (to date) were made to the following:
1995
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James McDevitt,
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Technometrics,
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Deloitte & Touche,
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OECD,
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Forbairt,
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Total Paid: £151,000
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1996
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ESRI
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Mr. Joe Chadwick
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UCD
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Total Paid: £79,000
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The Abridged book of Estimates contain the following allocation for these three subheads for 1997: Subhead A7, £400,000; Subhead A8, £125,000; Subhead Y, £166,000.
Apart from appointments to the boards of semi-State bodies under the aegis of my Department, I have no function in relation to recruitment of persons to these bodies. Neither do I have any function in relation to the appointment of consultants to these bodies.
