Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 8 Apr 1997

Vol. 477 No. 2

Written Answers - Ministerial Staff.

Ivor Callely

Question:

67 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of staff in his ministerial offices, such as programme managers, advisers, support staff and other such related costs for 1997; and the comparative figures for 1993 and 1987. [9329/97]

Ivor Callely

Question:

89 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Health the total number of staff in his ministerial offices and his Ministers' of State offices; if he will give a breakdown of the status of all staff, whether temporary civil servants, permanent or non-established; if he will give comparison figures for the years 1988, 1993, 1995 and 1996; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8904/97]

Minister for Health (Mr. Noonan,

Limerick East): I propose to reply to Questions Nos. 67 and 89 together.

The information in relation to the Deputy's first question is contained in the following table:

	Whole Time Equivalent Civil Service Posts (Established)	Whole Time Equivalent Non-established Posts
	Minister's Office (Private and Constituency)	Minister of State's Office (Private and Constituency)	Minister of State's Office (Private and Constituency)*	Minister's Office	Minister of State's Office	*Minister of State's Office
1996	11	7	6	4	4†	4†
1995	11	7	6	4	4†	4†
1993	10	4(Constituency Office was based in Dept. of Justice)	—	4	None — staff employed in Dept. of Justice	—
1998	10	4	—	1	2	—

The figures given above for Civil Service posts have been averaged over the period of each year in order to reflect slight variations which have occurred.

* It should be noted that from 1994, the Department has been supporting 2 Ministers of State as opposed to one prior to that and this is reflected in the figures.

† In these cases it should be noted that one of the posts is that of Minister's driver i.e. 2 people job sharing.