Departmental Staff.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 September 2008

Wednesday, 24 September 2008

Questions (966)

Joan Burton

Question:

1055 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs 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. [30629/08]

Written answers

Minister for Foreign Affairs (Deputy Micheál Martin)

The requested details for my Department during the periods in question are set out in tabular form:

Numbers of staff by grade (Private and Constituency Offices)

	Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Micheál Martin, T.D.	Minister of State, Mr. Dick Roche, T.D.	Minister of State, Mr. Peter Power, T.D.
Private Secretary	1	1	1
Higher Executive Officer	1	0	0
Executive Officer	2	0	1
Staff Officer	1	1	0
Clerical Officer	6	6.3	5.6
Special Advisor	2	1	1
Personal Assistant	1	1	1
Personal Secretary	1	1	1
Civilian Driver	0	2	2
Total	15	13.3	12.6

Numbers and breakdown of staff in each office

	Private Office	Constituency Office
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Micheál Martin, T.D.	10 (8 civil servants, 2 personal appointees)	5 (3 civil servants, 2 personal appointees)
Minister of State, Mr. Peter Power, T.D.	7.6 (4.6 civil servants, 3 personal appointees)	5 (3 civil servants, 2 personal appointees)
Minister of State, Mr. Dick Roche, T.D.	6.8 (3.8 civil servants, 3 personal appointees)	6.5 (4.5 civil servants, 2 personal appointees)

Estimated costs at each office

	2007	2008 (projected)
	Private	Constituency	Private	Constituency
	€	€	€	€
Minister for Foreign Affairs	591,425	280,912	558,300	193,080
Minister of State for European Affairs	439,783	241,871	414,520	224,056
Minister of State for Development Cooperation	270,182	173,550	315,757	198,767

I would point out that the number of staff assigned to Ministers' Offices in the Department of Foreign Affairs complies with the relevant Department of Finance guidelines.

Question No. 1056 answered with Question No. 1052.