Ministerial Staff

Dáil Éireann Debate, Monday - 11 September 2017

Monday, 11 September 2017

Questions (470)

Brendan Howlin

Question:

470. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of political staff employed in his Department, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special advisers, drivers and other relevant positions; the number of civil or public service staff seconded to work within his Department or constituency offices; the salaries and job titles of each such person; the duty or role of each, in each of the years 2015 to 2016, and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36954/17]

Written answers

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade

Details of political appointments, ministerial drivers and staff seconded from another Government Department to work with Ministers in this Department in the years in question are provided in the following table:

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Simon Coveney TD
Political Staff
	Role	Remuneration	Period of employment
1	Special Advisor	PO Scale	30/06/2017 to date
2	Civilian Driver	Civilian Driver Scale	03/07/2017 to date
3	Civilian Driver	Civilian Driver Scale	03/07/2017 to date
			Seconded Staff
1	Constituency Office Staff	HEO Scale	15/06/2017 to date
2	Constituency Office Staff	EO Scale	15/06/2017 to date
Minister of State for the Diaspora and International Development Ciarán Cannon TD
Political Staff			Political Staff
	Role	Remuneration	Period of employment
1	Civilian Driver	Civilian Driver Scale	10/07/2017 to date
2	Civilian Driver	Civilian Driver Scale	03/07/2017 to date
			Seconded Staff
1	Private Secretary	HEO Scale and PS Allowance	11/08/2017 to date
Minister of State for European Affairs Helen McEntee TD
Political Staff
	Role	Remuneration	Period of employment
1	Special Adviser	AP Scale	Commencing 11/09/2017
2	Civilian Driver	Civilian Driver Scale	22/06/2017 to date
3	Civilian Driver	Civilian Driver Scale	22/06/2017 to date
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Charles Flanagan TD
Political Staff
	Role	Remuneration	Period of employment
1	Special Advisor	PO Scale	18/07/2014 – 29/06/2017
2	Special Advisor	PO Scale	11/07/2014 – 06/05/2016
	Special Advisor	PO Scale	27/05/2016 – 29/06/2017
3	Personal Secretary	Personal Secretary Scale	28/07/2014 – 24/05/2015
	Personal Secretary	Personal Secretary Scale	25/05/2015 – 06/05/2016
4	Personal Assistant	Personal Assistant Scale	25/05/2015 – 14/07/2016
	Personal Assistant	Personal Assistant Scale	18/07/2014 – 03/04/2015
5	Civilian Driver	Civilian Driver Scale	28/07/2014 – 14/06/2017
6	Civilian Driver	Civilian Driver Scale	21/07/2014 – 13/06/2016
	Civilian Driver	Civilian Driver Scale	20/06/2016 – 14/06/2017
Minister of State for the Diaspora and International Development Joe McHugh TD
			Political Staff
1	Civilian Driver	Civilian Driver Scale	16/05/2016 – 09/07/2017
2	Civilian Driver	Civilian Driver Scale	16/05/2016 – 09/07/2017
Minister of State for European Affairs Dara Murphy TD
Political Staff
1	Special Advisor	AP Scale	06/10/2014 – 20/06/2017
2	Personal Assistant	Personal Assistant Scale	02/08/2014 – 08/05/2016
3	Personal Secretary	Personal Secretary Scale	04/08/2014 – 06/05/2016
4	Civilian Driver	Civilian Driver Scale	17/07/2014 – 07/06/2015
	Civilian Driver	Civilian Driver Scale	08/05/2015 – 20/06/2017
5	Civilian Driver	Civilian Driver Scale	17/07/2014 – 28/08/2015
	Civilian Driver	Civilian Driver Scale	07/09/2015 – 20/06/2017
	Civilian Driver (Temporary)	Civilian Driver Scale	16/06/2016 – 30/09/2016
Minister of State for the Diaspora Jimmy Deenihan TD
Political Staff
1	Personal Assistant	Personal Assistant Scale	11/07/2014 -06/05/2016
2	Personal Secretary	Personal Secretary Scale	04/08/2014 – 06/05/2016
3	Civilian Driver	Civilian Driver Scale	04/08/2014 – 06/05/2016
4	Civilian Driver	Civilian Driver Scale	04/08/2014 – 06/05/2016
Minister of State for International Development Seán Sherlock TD
Political Staff
1	Personal Assistant	Personal Assistant Scale	01/08/2014 – 06/05/2016
2	Personal Secretary	Personal Secretary Scale	04/08/2014 – 06/05/2016
3	Civilian Driver	Civilian Driver Scale	04/08/2014 – 06/05/2016
4	Civilian Driver	Civilian Driver Scale	04/08/2014 – 06/05/2016