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.