Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 16 Apr 1997

Vol. 477 No. 6

Written Answers. - Ministerial Staff.

Ivor Callely

Question:

55 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Health 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. [10155/97]

Minister for Health (Mr. Noonan,

Limerick East): The names of non-established staff in the ministerial and constituency offices of the Department are listed in the table at the end of this reply. It is not departmental policy to publish private addresses of staff employed.

I can confirm that none of the persons whom I have appointed is related to me. In addition, none of the persons appointed by the Department's Ministers of State is related to their Minister.

I am not in a position to give information in respect of the history of staff employed by the State before the current Administration. The dates on which each person commenced employment under the current Government are detailed below, as is the grade at which each person commenced employment. In relation to promotions obtained since commencing employment, the above also applies. However my personal assistant was promoted to special adviser from 6 June 1995.

Information on the salaries and expenses paid to each of the persons in question is only available from the date of the current administration. I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 128 on 25 March 1997 (Official Report Volume 476, Columns 1603 and 1604) in relation to the current salaries of the staff in question. The other information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below.

Minister Michael Noonan's Office

Name	Title	Date Employed	Entry Grade	Located	Starting Salary	Expenses
						1994	1995	1996	1997 (to 15/4/97)
					£pa		£	£	£
Mr. Richard Greene	Programme Manager	16/01/96	Prog. Mgr.	Dublin	43,564*	nil	9,120.53	10,103.55	1,419.67
Mr. Richard Butler	Personal Assistant	06/06/95	Personal Asst.	Limerick	25,473	nil	2,554.10	5,108.08	1,489.44
Ms Mary Kenny	Special Adviser	16/12/94	Personal Asst.	Dublin	24,974	nil	253.44	594.88	525.20
Mr. Michael Larkin	Personal Secretary	30/01/95	Personal Sec.	Limerick	14,354	nil	3,778.10	nil	nil

Minister of State Austin Currie's Office

Name	Title	Date Employed	Entry Grade	Located	Starting Salary	Expenses
						1994	1995	1996	1997 (to 15/4/97)
					£pa		£	£	£
Mr. Tom Hannigan	Special Adviser	18/01/95	Special Adviser	Dublin	29,472	nil	nil	458.30	nil
Ms Marie Meegan	Personal Assistant	21/12/94	Personal Asst.	Dublin	20,650	nil	nil	nil	nil
Ms Jane Murphy	Personal Secretary	11/01/95	Personal Sec. (J/S)**	Dublin	12,118	resigned with effect from 03/01/96
Ms Brenda Coyne	Personal Secretary J/S	11/01/95	Personal Sec. (J/S)	Dublin	6,194	nil	nil	nil	nil
Ms Ciara Brady	Personal Secretary J/S	12/02/97	Personal Sec. (J/S)	Dublin	14,937	nil	nil	nil	nil
Mr James Carr	Driver	22/12/94	Driver (J/S)	Dublin	14,454	nil	£5,252.24	5,428.89	1,763.19
Mr. George Place	Driver	25/01/95	Driver(J/S)	Dublin	14,454	nil	4,191.95	5,200.53	1,912.67

Minister of State Brian O'Shea's Office

Name	Title	Date Employed	Entry Grade	Located	Starting salary	Expenses
						1994	1995	1996	1997 (to 15/4/97)
					£pa		£	£	£
Mr Declan Coppinger	Special Adviser	19/04/95	Special Adviser	Dublin	28,202	nil	4,521.23	13,198.26	807.26
Mr Liam Curham	Personal Assistant	20/12/94	Personal Asst.	Tramore	11,220	nil	nil	nil	nil
Ms Jane Leslie	Personal Secretary	20/12/94	Personal Sec.	Tramore	14,864	nil	248.23	nil	nil
Mr. Maurice O'Regan	Driver	20/12/94	Driver (J/S)	Dublin	14,454	nil	4,985.08	5,930.08	1,538.04
Mr Tom Barry	Driver	20/12/94	Driver (J/S)	Dublin	14,454	nil	4,617.25	5,661.18	1,377.75

Note: * Include allowance of £12,249 for 1995.

** J/S = Jobsharer