Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 19 Dec 1996

Vol. 473 No. 3

Written Answers. - Departmental Staff.

Ivor Callely

Question:

277 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for the Marine 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. [25109/96]

Minister for the Marine (Mr. Barrett)

The following table lists the persons appointed by me and by the Minister of State, Mr. Eamon Gilmore, TD, their respective positions and 1996 salary costs:

Minister's Staff

Name	Grade	1996 Salary
		£
Conor Barry	Programme Manager	50,483
Angela O'Donnell	Special Adviser	26,908
Deirdre McDevitt	Personal Assistant	17,256
Tim Ryan	Personal Secretary	12,746

The above salary costs are shared equally between the Departments of the Marine and Defence, reflecting my dual ministerial roles.

Minister of State's Staff

Name	Grade	1996 Salary
		£
Michael Ó Cinnéide	Special Adviser	35,142
Denis O'Callaghan	Personal Secretary	14,724
Angela Loscher	Personal Assistant	16,913
Pat Hyland	Civilian Driver	13,584
Michael Ennis	Civilian Driver	13,584

The firm of Heneghan Public Relations Consultants have been engaged by me at a cost of £2,236.98 in 1996. Costs in 1997 will be met from subhead A7 of my Department's Vote.

Details of individuals, groups or companies engaged to undertake consultancies, reviews, examinations or analyses to whom payments were made in 1995 were given in my reply to Question No. 320 of 21 May, 1996. A payment of £7,500 was also made to the Marine Institute in that year, in respect of work on the Quality Status Report on the Celtic Seas required for the purposes of the Ospar Convention.

Work on some of the consultancies, reviews, examinations and analyses in respect of which payments were made in 1995 continued in 1996, and some of the individuals, groups or companies to whom payments were made in 1995 were engaged for further projects in the course of 1996. Additional individuals, groups or companies engaged during 1996 include the following:

Name	Reason for Engagement
Malone O'Regan	Study at Dunmore East FHC
Capt. Denis Gray	Marine Consultant to the Review of Pilotage in the Waterford Estuary
Clyde Consultants Ltd.	Review of Pilotage in the Waterford Estuary
DKM Economic Consultants Ltd.	Assessment of the operation of Arklow Port
Coopers & Lybrand	An analysis of infrastructure requirements of Killybegs Harbour
Fitzpatrick Associates Economic Consultants	Examination of the business operations and maintenance of syncrolifts at the five Fishery Harbour Centres
Creative Inputs	Layout and design specification for publication of Code of Practice for Environmentally Friendly Coastal Protection (ECOPRO)
Mouchel McCullough	To design a new marina and leisure development for Dún Laoghaire Harbour.
BDO Simpson Xavier	Audit of Tourism Angling Measure of Operational Programme for Tourism.

Full details of all individuals, groups or companies engaged during 1996 and the costs involved are being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy.

The amount provided in respect of consultancy services in subhead A7 of my Department's Vote in the 1997 Estimates for public services is £50,000. The Deputy may wish to note, however, that the cost of certain consultancies is met from other sources.

The appointment of persons, companies, consultants or otherwise to carry out work on behalf of semi-State bodies under the aegis of my Department is a matter for those bodies.

The major reviews and studies which I, or the Minister of State at my Department, have commissioned, are as follows:

Title of Review/Study	Undertaken by	Cost
		£
Review of Salmon Management	Task Force, chaired by Prof. Noel Wilkins of University College, Galway.	*
Review of Fishing Vessel Safety	Review Group chaired by Mr. Donal O'Mahony, former Secretary of the Department of Tourism, Transport and Communications.	*
Review of Biotoxin Contamination and Monitoring in Shellfish	Task Force, chaired by Mr. Pat Keogh of Bord Iascaigh Mhara.	*
Review of the Adequacy of the Marine Search and Rescue Coverage on the East Coast	Members of the Marine Emergency Advisory Group	*
Review of the Management and Organisational Structures of the Fishery Service	Price Waterhouse Management Consultants	91,000
Report on the Organisation and Management of the Southern Regional Fisheries Board	Mr. Dermot Rochford, Personnel and Management Consultant	7,592
Review of Pilotage in the Waterford Estuary	Clyde Consultants Ltd. (Scotland)	20,000
Policy Review Group on Investigation of Marine Accidents	Review Group chaired by Mr. Vincent Power, Solicitor and partner at A. & L. Goodbody, Solicitors	*
Review of Irish Seafarers Income Tax and PRSI	Nautical Enterprise Centre at Cork regional technical college	5,000
A review of the options for the Irish whitefish fishing fleet	KPMG/McIver	23,184
Review of Trout and Coarse Fisheries Development Societies	Joint review, being undertaken by Department of the Marine, representatives of the Fishing Boards and the Trout and Coarse Fisheries Development Societies.	*

*In the case of those studies for which management consultants are not engaged, any costs arising (e.g. travelling expenses) are met from my Department's Vote.