Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 26 September 2013
178. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of advisors, programme managers, press officers and political staff and communication staff employed by his Department in 1981, 2011 and currently in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40702/13]
View answerInformation in relation to ministerial appointments and staffing levels in the Department’s Press/Communications Office are not readily available for 1981 and would take an inordinate amount of time to retrieve and compile. Staffing levels for 2011 and currently in 2013 are set out in the following tables.
|
Minister |
Staffing Pre March 2011 (30th Dáil) |
|
Minister Gormley |
1 Programme Manager for the Green Party (see note below) |
|
- |
3 Special Advisers (1 Adviser assigned to press and media matters)* |
|
- |
1 Personal Assistant |
|
- |
1 Personal Secretary |
|
Minister of State Finneran |
1 Personal Assistant |
|
- |
1 Personal Secretary |
|
Minister |
2013 Current Staffing |
|
Minister Hogan |
2 Special Advisers |
|
- |
1 Personal Assistant |
|
- |
1 Personal Secretary |
|
Minister of State O’Sullivan |
2 Special Advisers |
|
- |
1 Personal Assistant |
|
- |
1 Personal Secretary |
|
Staffing of the Press/Information Office |
Staffing Pre March 2011 (30th Dáil) |
Current Staffing 2013 |
|
1 HEO |
1 Special Adviser* (See above) |
1 EO |
|
1 EO |
1 HEO |
1 CO |
|
- |
1 CO |
- |
Minister Gormley resigned his position in January 2011 and Minister of State Finneran left office on 10 March 2011. The Programme Manager for the Green Party was based in the Office of the Taoiseach but the cost of his salary was borne by my Department. Under the Guidelines on ministerial Appointments, Ministers of State who regularly attend Cabinet are permitted to appoint two special advisers.
