Departmental Staff.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 September 2008

Wednesday, 24 September 2008

Questions (465, 466)

Joan Burton

Question:

544 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Health and Children 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 her and each Minister of State within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30630/08]

Lucinda Creighton

Question:

592 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of civil service staff dealing with constituency matters in her office; the number of civil service staff dealing with constituency matters in the offices of Ministers of State within her Department; and the cost in salaries for these staff per annum. [31132/08]

Written answers

Minister for Health and Children (Deputy Mary Harney)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 544 and 592 together.

The information requested by the Deputies is set out in the following tables.

Table 1 — Staffing Position September 2008

Civil Servants	Political Appointees
2008	Private Secretary	Executive Officer	Staff Officer	Clerical Officer	Special Advisor	Personal Secretary	Personal Assistant	Civilian Driver	Overall Total
Minister for Health & Children
Private Office	1	2	1	4	2		1		11
Constituency Office				2			1		3
Minister for Children & Youth Affairs
Private Office	1	1		3	1				6
Constituency Office				1.6		1	1		3.6
Minister of State with responsibility for Health Promotion & Food Safety
Private Office	1	2		3				2	8
Constituency Office				3		1	1		5
Minister of State with responsibility for Older People
Private Office	1	1	0.5	2				2	6.5
Constituency Office				2		1	1		4
Minister of State with responsibility for Equality, Disability Issues & Mental Health
Private Office	1	0.8		2				2	5.8
Constituency Office				1		1	1		3
Overall Total	5	6.8	1.5	23.6	3	4	6	6	55.9

Table 2 — Staffing Position 31 December 2007

Civil Servants	Political Appointees
2007	Private Secretary	Executive Officer	Staff Officer	Clerical Officer	Special Advisor	Personal Secretary	Personal Assistant	Civilian Driver	Overall Total
Minister for Health & Children
Private Office	1	2	1	4	4		1		13
Constituency Office				2			1		3
Minister for Children
Private Office	1	1		3.1	1				6.1
Constituency Office				3.8		1	1		5.8
Minister of State with responsibility for Health Promotion & Food Safety
Private Office	1	1	1	2				2	6
Constituency Office				3		1	1		5
Minister of State with responsibility for Older People
Private Office	1	1	0.5	2				2	6.5
Constituency Office				2		1	1		4
Minister of State with responsibility for Disability Issues & Mental Health
Private Office	1	1		3	1			2	8
Constituency Office						1	1		2
Overall Total	5	6	1.5	24.9	6	4	6	6	59.4

Table 3 — Administrative Budget Details for Ministerial Offices

2007	Total Pay	Overtime (included in Total Pay)	Travel & Subsistence Payments	Ministerial Expenses
	€m	€m	€m	€m
Minister for Health & Children	1.235	0.003	0.074	0.015
Minister for Children	0.643	0.022	0.034	0.014
Minister of State with responsibility for Health Promotion & Food Safety	0.101	0.002	0.044	0.006
Minister of State with responsibility for Older People	0.469	0.007	0.086	0.012
Minister of State with responsibility for Disability Issues & Mental Health	0.674	0.002	0.080	0.011
Total	3.122	0.036	0.318	0.058

Projected 2008	Total Pay	Overtime (included in Total Pay)	Travel & Subsistence Payments	Ministerial Expenses
	€m	€m	€m	€m
Minister for Health & Children	1.139	0.003	0.039	0.015
Minister for Children and Youth Affairs	0.637	0.013	0.008	0.011
Minister of State with responsibility for Health Promotion & Food Safety	0.414	0.007	0.074	0.011
Minister of State with responsibility for Older People	0.542	0.018	0.061	0.012
Minister of State with responsibility for Equality, Disability Issues & Mental Health	0.516	0.014	0.101	0.010
Total	3.248	0.055	0.283	0.059