Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 6 May 1998

Vol. 490 No. 5

Written Answers. - Ministerial Staff.

Nora Owen

Question:

113 Mrs. Owen asked the Minister for Defence the advisers, programme managers or public relation officers attached to his office; whether those persons are civil servants or private sector employees; when they were employed for this work; the costs associated with these persons; and whether their work is full or part-time. [10704/98]

Minister for Defence (Mr. M. Smith)

I have a special adviser employed on a contract basis from outside the Civil Service since November, 1997. The employment is full-time and the salary is £38,177 per annum. I do not employ a programme manager nor do I engage public relations officers. The Department has a press officer, who is a civil servant, and is paid £29,256 per annum.