Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 December 2005
282 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in respect of each Minister of State within his Department, the number of staff broken down by grade employed within their private and constituency office; the number of staff who are permanent civil servants; the number who are political appointees; the annual cost of each office in terms of salary, overtime and expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39025/05]
View answerThe breakdown of the staffing complement of those currently employed in the two Ministers of State offices at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment is outlined in the following table.
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Office |
Staff |
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Departmental Office |
1 Higher Executive Officer1 Executive Officer2 Clerical Officers |
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Constituency Office |
1 Personal Assistant1 Personal Secretary1 Clerical Officer |
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Office |
Staff |
|
Departmental Office |
1 Higher Executive Officer1 Executive Officer2 Clerical Officers |
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Constituency Office |
1 Personal Assistant1 Personal Secretary1 Clerical Officer |
Each Minister of State also employs two civilian drivers. The drivers work alternate weeks on a week on and week off basis. The current salary for a civilian driver is €30,782 per annum. There are five permanent civil servants and four political appointees, which includes the civilian drivers, in each Minister of State's office. The estimated salary costs, overtime and expenses for each of the Minister of State's offices for 2005 are set out in the following table. It should be noted that the salary costs are inclusive of overtime payments and the civilian driver salaries. The expenses refer to travel and subsistence costs and mobile phone expenses.
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Salaries |
Overtime Payments |
Expenses |
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€ |
€ |
€ |
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Office of the Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment with special responsibility for Labour Affairs, Deputy Killeen |
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Departmental Office |
139,564.43 |
None |
8,451.79 |
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Constituency Office |
167,593.66 |
None |
22,030.24 |
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Office of the Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment with special responsibility for Trade and Commerce, Deputy Michael Ahern |
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Departmental Office |
146,355.28 |
None |
14,258.66 |
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Constituency Office |
172,769.11 |
186.37 |
24,223.58 |
