Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 26 September 2013
236. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide in tabular form the number of advisers, programme managers, press officers and political staff and communication staff employed by her Department in 1981, 2011 and currently in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40698/13]
View answerMy Department was established on the 2nd June 2011 and my personal appointees were made in accordance with the Guidelines on Staffing of Ministerial Offices as issued by the Department of Finance in April 2011 and the information is set out hereunder.
|
Ministerial Appointees |
2011 |
2013 (to date) |
|
Special Advisors |
2* |
1.5 |
|
Programme Managers |
0 |
0 |
|
Personal Assistant |
1 |
0 |
|
Personal Secretary |
1 |
1 |
|
Civilian Drivers |
2 |
2 |
*One Special Advisor post filled by two persons on a 50/50 worksharing pattern.
The Press Office within my Department is staffed by civil servants. At the end of 2011 there were two members of staff in the Press Office and a Press Officer and this continues to be the case.
