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 answerDáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 December 2004
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 answerThe 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.
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 |