Paul McGrath
Question:250 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of civil servants and other staff in her press office; and the grade and remuneration of each. [33066/04]
View answerTuesday, 14 December 2004
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The equivalent of six staff work full-time on media communication duties in my Department. The grade and remuneration of the staff is as follows:
|
Grade |
Number |
Salary Scale |
|
Press Adviser (non Civil Servant) |
1 |
€83,707.00 i.e maximum of Principal Officer standard scale |
|
Assistant Principal |
1 |
€55,057 —€68,651 i.e Standard Scale |
|
Higher Executive Officer |
.5 |
€39,035 —€49,529 i.e. Standard Scale |
|
Executive Officer |
2 |
€25,704 —€40,669 i.e Standard Scale |
|
Executive Officer |
.5 |
€27,057 —€42,805 i.e. Full PRSI Scale |
|
Clerical Officer |
1 |
€20,520 —€33,274 i.e Full PRSI Scale |
The duties of the press office include: provision of comprehensive service to national, provincial press, specialised farming press, national TV and radio as well as local radio stations; advertising Department's schemes and activities; liaising with other Departments; emergency planning-press element; servicing of Department's website and aertel pages; monitoring of national and provincial press for Department.
Paul McGrath
Question:251 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of civil servants and other staff employed in her constituency office; and the grade and remuneration of each. [33081/04]
View answerThe following table gives the breakdown of staff employed on constituency work in my office:
|
Grade |
Number |
Salary Scale |
|
Personal Assistant |
1 |
€41,389 —€51,192 i.e Higher Executive Officer Higher Scale |
|
Personal Secretary |
1 |
€19,499 —€37,621 i.e. Secretarial Assistants salary scale + 10% higher duty allowance |
|
Clerical Officer |
1 |
€20,402 —€32,298 i.e. CO Higher Scale. |
|
Clerical Officer |
2 |
€20,402 —€32,298 i.e CO Higher Scale €20,520 —€33,274 i.e Full PRSI Scale |
|
Clerical Officer |
1 |
€20,520 —€33,274 i.e. Full PRSI Scale |