I propose to take Questions Nos. 357 and 358 together.
Details of the number, role, function and cost of staff in my offices were given at the Annual Estimates debate of the Dáil Committee on Arts, Sports Tourism, Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs on 10 May 2006. The Estimate was approved. Further to that, the facts are as follows: There are currently eleven staff members in my Private Office, made up as follows: Civil servants: one Private Secretary at Higher Executive Officer level, one Higher Executive Officer and six Clerical Officers.
Non civil servants: one Special Adviser, one Media Adviser, one Personal Secretary.
There are currently four staff in my Constituency Office made up as follows: Civil Servants: one Executive Officer and one Clerical Officer.
Non civil servants: one Personal Assistant, one Clerical Officer and one Temporary Personal Secretary.
There are currently three staff members in the Minister of State's Office in my Department and all three are civil servants including one Private Secretary at Executive Officer level and two Clerical Officers.
The annual payments for salaries including overtime and expenses for staff in 2005, the last complete year for which figures are available, were as follows:
Private Office
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Salaries: €497,935.52
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Expenses: €25,415.32
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Constituency Office
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Salaries: €142,175.23
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Expenses: €735.10
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Minister of State's Office
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Salaries: €113,312.85
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Expenses: Nil
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