Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 May 2013
756. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the individual amount of overtime paid in the case of each political or ministerial appointee for the period 2007 to date in 2013 relative to his office and the office of the Minister of State; if such payments were made to the Secretary General and advisors, and if so, the amounts for the same period. [22883/13]
View answerThe figures relating to overtime payments made to Ministerial appointees are contained in Tables 1 and 2 below. The Secretary General of the Department and my advisors do not receive payments in respect of overtime.
Table 1:
Overtime Payments from 2007 to March 2011
|
Minister/ Minister of State |
Position |
Overtime in 2007 |
Overtime in 2008 |
Overtime in 2009 |
Overtime in 2010 |
Overtime in 2011 |
|
Noel Dempsey |
Personal Secretary |
Nil |
€156.46 |
€221.46 |
Nil |
€89.88 |
|
Personal Assistant |
€5,708.46 |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
|
|
Ciaran Cuffe |
Personal Assistant |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
€1,286.52 |
Nil |
|
Pat “The Cope” Gallagher |
Personal Secretary |
€8,692.06 |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Table 2:
Overtime Payments from March 2011 to Date
|
Minister/Minister of State |
Position |
Overtime in 2011 |
Overtime in 2012 |
Overtime in 2013 to date |
|
Leo Varadkar |
Personal Assistant |
nil |
€9,208.15 |
€3,290.18 |
|
Personal Secretary |
€4,155.08 |
€8,616.00 |
€2,345.91 |
|
|
Michael Ring |
Temp Personal Assistant |
€2,445.20 |
nil |
nil |
|
Personal Assistant |
€1,164.90 |
€9,104.53 |
€3,710.73 |
|
|
Personal Secretary |
€4,788.16 |
€8,655.51 |
€2,578.24 |
|
|
Alan Kelly |
Personal Assistant |
nil |
€574.65 |
€1,754.65 |
|
Personal Secretary |
€4,138.46 |
€5,084.83 |
€282.66 |
