Details of salary and travel and subsistence costs of relevant staff appointed by each Minister and Minister of State in my Department from 2005 to the formation of the new Government in March 2011 are set out in the tables below. The ministerial appointees held the positions of Special Adviser, Press Officer, Personal Assistant, Personal Secretary or Civilian Driver during the tenure of the relevant Minister or Minister of State. In a number of instances, there were changes in individual personnel during the period of tenure, together with some work-sharing arrangements which are included in the figures below.
Salary costs provided include salary, employers PRSI and overtime. Costs relating to redundancy and severance pay are included where applicable. They are indicated by a # when included in figures.
Minister Dick Roche
Year
|
Total number of appointees
|
Salary costs for staff appointed
|
Travel & Subsistence claimed by staff appointed
|
2005
|
4
|
€236,929.51
|
€5,841.36
|
2006
|
5
|
€279,668.55
|
€5,829.10
|
2007
|
5
|
€195,763 .55
|
€12,559.46
|
Minister John Gormley
Year
|
Total number of appointees *
|
Salary costs
for staff
appointed *
|
Travel & Subsistence claimed by staff appointed
|
2007
|
7
|
€271,206.68
|
€2,340.47
|
2008
|
7
|
€607,201.86
|
€6,253.22
|
2009
|
7
|
€628,445.92
|
€6,932.78
|
2010
|
6
|
€583,200.44
|
€3,582.39
|
2011
|
6
|
€ 274,071.06 #
|
€446.83
|
*This includes a Programme Manager assigned to the Department of the Taoiseach
Minister Éamon Ó Cuív
Year
|
Total number of appointees
|
Salary costs for staff appointed
|
Travel & Subsistence claimed by staff
appointed
|
2011
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Minister of State Noel Ahern
Year
|
Total number of appointees
|
Salary costs for staff appointed
|
Travel & Subsistence claimed by staff
appointed
|
2005
|
3
|
€106,767.06
|
Nil
|
2006
|
4
|
€149,081.13
|
Nil
|
2007
|
4
|
€99,336.55
|
€2,703.50
|
Minister of State Batt O’Keeffe
Year
|
Total number of appointees
|
Salary costs for staff appointed
|
Travel & Subsistence claimed by staff
appointed
|
2005
|
4
|
€ 146,658.13
|
€25,362.24
|
2006
|
4
|
€ 167,000.83
|
€26,953.96
|
2007
|
5
|
€179,657.66
|
€26,092.94
|
2008
|
4
|
€99,372.84
|
€5,341.99
|
Minister of State Tony Killeen
Year
|
Total number of appointees
|
Salary costs for staff appointed
|
Travel & Subsistence claimed by staff
appointed
|
2007
|
5
|
€76,217.88
|
€11,472.66
|
2008
|
4
|
€72,579.13
|
€9,404.22
|
Minister of State Michael Finneran
Year
|
Total number of appointees
|
Salary costs for staff appointed
|
Travel & Subsistence claimed by staff
appointed
|
2008
|
6
|
€105,773.13
|
€17,390.72
|
2009
|
4
|
€207,579.31
|
€29,143.95
|
2010
|
4
|
€191,639.35
|
€22,460.69
|
2011
|
4
|
€176,964.73 #
|
€1,629.40
|
Minister of State Máire Hoctor
Year
|
Total number of appointees
|
Salary costs for staff appointed
|
Travel & Subsistence claimed by staff
appointed
|
2008
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
2009
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Minister of State Michael Kitt
Year
|
Total number
of appointees
|
Salary costs for staff appointed
|
Travel & Subsistence claimed by staff
appointed
|
2008
|
4
|
€129,460.46
|
€12,505.54
|
2009
|
4
|
€84,326.44
|
€7,768.17
|
Minister of State Áine Brady
Year
|
Total number of appointees
|
Salary costs for staff appointed
|
Travel & Subsistence claimed by staff
appointed
|
2009
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
2010
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
2011
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Minister of State Ciarán Cuffe
Year
|
Total number of appointees
|
Salary costs for staff appointed
|
Travel & Subsistence claimed by staff
appointed
|
2010
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
2011
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|