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Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 16 Apr 1997

Vol. 477 No. 6

Written Answers. - Ministerial Staff.

Ivor Callely

Question:

126 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment the names and addresses of each of the non-established staff in his ministerial and constituency office; the name and address of each other person employed by him 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 his 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [10150/97]

The information in relation to my office is as follows:

Unestablished

Present Salary

Salary on date of appointment

Appointed on

Location

£

£

Siobhan Kenny — Special Adviser

26,014

25,000

11-09-95

Department of Enterprise and Employment, Kildare Street

Pat Carroll — Programme Manager

45,525*

42,894

27-02-95

Castletroy, County Limerick and Department of Enterprise and Employment, Kildare Street

June Browne — Personal Assistant

19,921

18,576

16-12-94

Department of Enterprise and Employment, Kildare Street

* In addition a pension contribution of 16½ per cent of salary is paid.
The Department does not maintain records in respect of previous employment of these staff. None of these people has been promoted during my period in office.
No doubt the Deputy will understand that, as the home addresses of employees in my Department are confidential, I do not intend to provide this information.
I wish to confirm that none of the above named officials is related to me or to any of my ministerial colleagues.
The expenses paid to the aforementioned employees in each of the years since I took office were in 1994 — Nil; in 1995 — £11,793; in 1996 — £13,403 and in 1997 to date — £4,709.
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