Departmental Staff.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 September 2008

Wednesday, 24 September 2008

Questions (105, 106)

Joan Burton

Question:

193 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Taoiseach the number of staff broken down by grade, the number of such staff who are full time civil servants, the number of such staff who are political appointees, the cost for 2007 of each such office in terms of salary, overtime and expenses and the projected cost for 2008 of each such office in terms of salary, overtime and expenses in respect of the private and the constituency office of him and each Minister of State within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30633/08]

Lucinda Creighton

Question:

194 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Taoiseach the number of civil service staff dealing with constituency matters in his office; the number of civil service staff dealing with constituency matters in the offices of Junior Ministers within his Department; and the cost of salaries for these staff per annum. [31135/08]

Written answers

The Taoiseach

I propose to take Questions Nos. 193 and 194 together.

The number of Staff in my Private and Constituency office and in the Offices of my Ministers of State and their costs to the Exchequer are detailed in the tables below:

Cost for 2007

Office	Number of Staff	Grade	Comments	Total Cost including Salary/Allowances/ Overtime and Expenses
				€
Taoiseach’s Private Office	13	1 Private Secretary 1 Assistant Principal 2 Assistant P. Sect. 1 Personal Assistant 1 Executive Officer 1 Staff Officer 5 Clerical Officers 1 Usher	All are Civil Servants	679,355.22
Taoiseach’s Constituency Office	9	2 Personal Assistants 1 Personal Secretary 1 Executive Officer 1 Staff Officer 4 Clerical Officers	8 Civil Servants 1 non Civil Servant	294.217.76
Private Office of Minister of State and Government Chief Whip	4	1 Private Secretary 1 Executive Officer 1 Staff Officer 1 Clerical Officer	All Civil Servants	232,750.06
Constituency Office of Minister of State and Government Chief Whip	4	1 Personal Secretary 1 Personal Assistant 2 Staff Officers	3 Civil Servants 1 Non Civil Servant	161,683.17
*Private Office of the Minister of State and European Affairs	3	1 Private Secretary 2 Clerical Officers	All Civil Servants	114,830.98

* The Constituency Office of the Minister of State for European Affairs is based in the Department of Foreign Affairs.

Projected Cost to end 2008

Office	Number of Staff	Grade	Comments	Total Cost including Salary/Allowances/ Overtime and Expenses
				€
Taoiseach’s Private Office	11	1 Private Secretary 1 Administrative Officer 2 Assistant Private Secretaries 2 Executive Officer 5 Clerical Officers	All are Civil Servants	663,868.12
Taoiseach’s Constituency Office	8	3 Personal Assistants 1 Office Manager 2 Personal Secretaries 2 Clerical Officers	6 Civil Servants 2 non Civil Servant	336,276.17
Private Office of Minister of State and Government Chief Whip	4	1 Private Secretary 1 Executive Officer 1 Staff Officer 1 Clerical Officer	All Civil Servants	239,909.42
Constituency Office of Minister of State and Government Chief Whip	5	1 Personal Assistant 2 Secretarial Assistants worksharing 1 Staff Officer 1 Clerical Officer	2 Civil Servants 3 Non Civil Servant	139,796.21
*Private Office of the Minister of State and European Affairs	3	1 Private Secretary 2 Clerical Officers	All Civil Servants	128.508.15

*The Constituency Office of the Minister of State for European Affairs is based in the Department of Foreign Affairs.

The total costs also includes costing for staff under the previous Taoiseach.

Question No. 195 answered with Question No. 192.

Question No. 196 answered with Question No. 184.

Question No. 197 answered with Question No. 117.