Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 16 Apr 1997

Vol. 477 No. 6

Written Answers. - Ministerial Staff.

Ivor Callely

Question:

138 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry 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. [10146/97]

Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry (Mr. Yates)

The following is the information requested:

Name	Position	Address	Salary at commencement of employment £	Current Salary £	Expenses paid in 1995 £	Expenses paid in 1996 £	Expenses paid to date in 1997 £
Mr. Michael Miley	Programme Manager	Agriculture House,
		Kildare St, Dublin 2	42,492	45,810	2,204	3,440	NIL
Mr. Thomas Tynan	Special Adviser	Agriculture House, Kildare St, Dublin 2	48,041	50,988	4,252	4,225	NIL
Ms Geraldine Ryan	Personal Assistant	Agriculture House, Kildare St, Dublin 2	16,212	19,916	NIL	NIL	115
Ms Lilian Quirke	Personal Assistant	Constituency Office	9,029	12,515	NIL	NIL	NIL

There are no other persons personally employed by my office.

None of the aforementioned employees is related to myself or to any of my ministerial colleagues.

Each of these employees commenced employment in January 1995 in the grades they currently hold as outlined above.

I would also direct the Deputy to recent replies to parliamentary questions tabled by him in which similar information was supplied (PQ 150 - 09/04/97; PQ 378 - 25/03/97; PQ 135 - 20/03/97; PQ 244 - 19/12/96; PQ 377 - 20/11/96 and PQ 288 - 22/10/96).