Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 5 July 2006
309 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of political appointees and non-established civil servants appointed to his Department since June 2002; the nature of the post to which each such person is appointed; the annual cost in terms of salaries or expenses in respect of each such post for each year since 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26986/06]
View answerSince the establishment of my Department in June 2002 I have made a total of 4 political appointments to non established positions in my Department.
|
Position |
Salary paid |
Expenses Paid to appointees |
|
Special Adviser June 2002 to May 2006 |
Principal Officer Standard Scale plus 10% attraction allowance |
2002; €4,789 2003; €7,979 2004; €5,067 2005; €3,051 2006; €1,297 |
|
Special Adviser Appointed May 2006 |
Principal Officer Standard Scale |
Nil to date |
|
Personal Assistant |
Higher Executive Officer general service |
2002; €8,519 2003; €20,946 2004; €17,633 2005; €18,782 2006; €4,828 |
|
Personal Secretary |
Oireachtas Secretarial Assistant scale plus 10% attraction allowance |
Nil |
310 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of staff broken down by grade employed within the private office and the constituency office; the number of such staff who are permanent civil servants; the number who are political appointees; the annual cost of each such office in terms of salary, overtime and expenses in respect of each Minister of State allocated to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27001/06]
View answerAs the Deputy is aware, there is no Minister of State at my Department.
311 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of staff broken down by grade employed within his private office and his constituency office; the number of such staff who are permanent civil servants; the number who are political appointees; the annual cost of each such office in terms of salary, overtime and expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27016/06]
View answerThere are currently 7 staff employed in my private office:
1 Special Adviser at Principal Officer level
1 Private Secretary at Higher Executive Officer level
1 Personal Assistant at Higher Executive Officer level
2 Executive Officers
2 Clerical Officers.
There are currently 5.6 staff employed in my constituency office:
1 Executive Officer
1 Personal Secretary at Oireachtas Secretarial Assistant level
3.6 Clerical Officers.
All of the above staff with the exception of my Special Adviser, Personal Assistant and Personal Secretary are permanent civil servants and are paid at the appropriate civil service rates. In addition, my Private Secretary is paid an allowance at the rate of €18,742 per annum for these duties. My Special Advisor and Personal Assistant who are political appointees are paid at the relevant civil service rates and my Personal Secretary who is also a political appointee is paid at the Oireachtas Secretarial Assistant rate with a 10% attraction allowance in respect of her position.
The expenses and overtime paid to these staff for the year ended 31 December 2005 are shown in the table
|
Overtime |
Expenses |
|
|
€ |
€ |
|
|
Constituency Office |
453.89 |
Nil |
|
Private Office |
4,007.87 |
32,304.55 |
The staffing of both my private and constituency offices is in line with Department of Finance guidelines on this matter.
