Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 16 Apr 1997

Vol. 477 No. 6

Written Answers. - Ministerial Staff.

Ivor Callely

Question:

105 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Justice the names and addresses of each of the non-established staff in her ministerial and constituency office; the name and address of each other person employed by her and paid by the State, including unestablished officers and special advisers; the relationship, if any, of each aforementioned employee to the Minister and to each of her ministerial colleagues; the length of time in respect of which each such person has been employed by the State; the grade at which they entered the State's employment; the promotion, if any, which each has obtained since first becoming a State employee; the salary which each of them received at the commencement of their employment by the State; their current salary; the expenses, if any, they received in each calendar year since their employment commenced; the location of each of their places of employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10156/97]

Minister for Justice (Mrs. Owen)

I refer the Deputy in the first instance to my replies to the previous parliamentary questions on these and related matters: Question No. 133 of 9 April 1997 (Deputy I. Callely); Question No. 312 of 25 March 1997 (Deputy I. Callely); Question No. 121 of 20 March 1997 (Deputy I. Callely); Question No. 108 of 13 March 1997 (Deputy T. Nealon); Question No. 209 of 5 March 1997 (Deputy J. O'Donoghue); Question No. 288 of 20 November 1996 (Deputy I. Callely); Question No. 126 of 14 November 1996 (Deputy I. Callely); Questions Nos. 211 (Deputy I. Callely) and 221 (Deputy D. Ahern) of 22 October 1996; Question No. 114 of 6 March 1996 (Deputy I. Callely); Question No. 118 of 14 February 1996 (Deputy I. Callely); Question No. 120 of 27 June 1995 (Deputy B. Ahern).

These replies include details such as the names of the non-established staff in my private and constituency offices, their job-titles and their remuneration in 1996. None of these people has been promoted during my period in office.

My Department does not maintain records in respect of previous employment of staff members. The following schedule lists the dates on which they commenced their employment in this Department, their starting salary as at that date and their current salary. None of the non-established staff in my private or constituency offices is related to myself or to any member of the Government.

The expenses paid to the aforementioned employees in each of the years since I took office are as follows: December 1995: £377; 1996: £4,648.59 and 1997 to date £200. There were no expenses paid in 1994.

Two of the staff in question are based at the Department of Justice, St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2. My personal secretary is located in my constituency office in Swords. I trust the Deputy will understand that it is not policy to give the home addresses of any member of staff.

Schedule

Name	Start date in Department of Justice	Starting Salary	Current Salary
		£	£
Linda O'Shea Farren	27-1-1995	42,894 p.a.	45,525 p.a.
Mary Shinners (formerly Dáil Secretary)	15-12-1994	19,912 p.a.	21,133 p.a.
Cora Duffy	13-3-1995	163.93 p.w.	194.75 p.w.