Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 March 2014
677. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of civil servants engaged in constituency work on behalf of the Minister of State with responsibility for housing in his Department; and the salaries, accommodation costs and expenses involved or associated with these duties. [13314/14]
View answer702. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of civil servants engaged in constituency work on his behalf; and the salaries, accommodation costs and expenses involved or associated with these duties. [13683/14]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 677 and 702 together.
Staffing of my constituency office and that of my colleague, Ms. Jan O’Sullivan, T.D., Minister of State, is in accordance with the agreed staffing numbers set out in the Instructions on Ministerial Appointments for the 31st Dáil and the Guidelines on Staffing of Ministerial Offices of March 2011.
The current information in relation to my constituency office is set out in the following table:
|
Position |
Date Appointed |
Salary Point / Scale* |
|
Personal Assistant |
15/04/2013 |
€43,715 - €56,060 |
|
Personal Secretary |
15/07/2013 |
€23,820 - €47,755 |
# The Personal Assistant and Personal Secretary are engaged as temporary, un-established civil servants for the duration of my term of office.
* Salary scales are in line with those as determined at central level by my colleague the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
The current information in relation to the constituency office of Minister of State O’Sullivan is set out in the following table:
|
Position |
Date Appointed |
Salary Scale* |
|
Personal Assistant |
20/12/2011 |
€43,715 - €56,060 |
|
Personal Secretary |
20/12/2011 |
€23,820 - €47,755 |
|
Clerical Officer |
20/12/2011 |
€23,042 - €36,267 |
# The Personal Assistant and Personal Secretary are engaged as temporary, un-established c ivil servants for the duration of the Minister of State’s term of office.
* Salary scales are in line with those as determined at central level by my colleague the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
Overtime costs relating to the Minister of State’s constituency office amount to €29,746 since December 2011.
There are no travel and subsistence costs associated with any of these staff and no additional accommodation costs are incurred by my Department in respect of these offices. Minister of State O’Dowd has no staff assigned to his constituency office in my Department.
