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95 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff recruited by his Department since taking office; the function and remuneration, including expenses, of each of these staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22920/97]
Since my appointment as Minister for Foreign Affairs on 8 October 1997, I have appointed a special adviser, who is a principal officer on secondment to this Department at an annual salary of £44,476; a personal assistant at an annual salary of £20,285, and a personal secretary at an annual salary of £15,822. The only expenses payable to these staff, who work in my private office, are travel and subsistence expenditure which have been properly vouched and sanctioned.
In the same period two internal auditors were appointed to the evaluation and audit unit of the development co-operation division on a two year contract basis at an annual salary of £30,000 each and one temporary secretarial assistant was appointed to the Irish Aid Advisory Committee while one service officer, four clerical assistants, one executive officer, systems analyst, three third secretaries and one assistant principal officer were recruited through the Civil Service Commission to fill vacancies arising in these grades in the Department. In addition, two clerical assistants and one staff officer took up duty in the Department on redeployment from the Central Statistics Office.
