Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 22 Feb 2000

Vol. 514 No. 6

Written Answers. - Departmental Staff.

John Gormley

Question:

281 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of civil servants appointed by him and his Ministers of State to look after constituency matters; the costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5110/00]

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Mr. O'Donoghue)

The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the following tabular statement:

	No. of staff	Annual salary costs£
Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform	4 permanent civil servants (of which 2 posts are job sharing)2 unestablished civil servants	107,045
Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform	1 permanent civil servant3 unestablished civil servants (of which 1 post is job shared)	76,756

The salaries and all other day-to-day expenses associated with these staff are met from the appropriate subheads in my Department's administrative budget, which is approved by the Dáil as part of the Estimates each year.