Details are provided below regarding political staff paid from my Department’s Vote whose appointments are coterminous with my term of office as Minister or coterminous with the terms of office of the Ministers of State at my Department. Details are also provided of civil service staff working in my offices and Minister of State offices in the period concerned. Staffing numbers in my office and the Ministers of State offices are consistently maintained within the staffing limits set out in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Guidelines on Staffing of Ministerial Offices. The Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht was established in June 2011, this was reconfigured in 2016 to become the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, and further reconfigured in July 2017 to become the Department of Culture Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
2015
Office of Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
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Grade/Role
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No.
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Salary Scale
|
|
Parliamentary Assistant*
|
1
|
Personal Secretary to Minster/Minister of State Scale
|
|
Personal Secretary*
|
1
|
Personal Secretary to Minister/Minister of State Scale
|
|
Special Adviser
|
1
|
Principal Officer Scale (Non-PPC)
|
|
Special Adviser
|
1
|
Principal Officer Scale (PPC)
|
|
Civilian Driver
|
1
|
Civilian Driver (single point salary scale)
|
|
Civilian Driver
|
1
|
Civilian Driver (single point salary scale)
|
Civil Service Staff-Private Office
|
Grade/Role
|
No.
|
Salary Scale
|
|
Private Secretary
|
1
|
Higher Executive Officer Scale
|
|
Executive Officer
|
1
|
Executive Officer Scale
|
|
Clerical Officer
|
3
|
Clerical Officer Scale
|
Civil Service Staff-Constituency Office
|
Grade/Role
|
No.
|
Salary Scale
|
|
Clerical Officer
|
2
|
Clerical Officer Scale
|
Office of Minister of State (Gaeltacht)
|
Grade/Role
|
No.
|
Salary Scale
|
|
Parliamentary Assistant*
|
1
|
Personal Assistant to Minister/Minister of State Scale
|
|
Personal Secretary*
|
0.25
|
Personal Secretary to Minister/Minister of State Scale
|
|
Personal Secretary
|
0.75
|
Personal Secretary to Minister/Minister of State Scale
|
|
Civilian Driver
|
1
|
Civilian Driver (single point salary scale)
|
|
Civilian Driver
|
1
|
Civilian Driver (single point salary scale)
|
Civil Service Staff-Private Office
|
Grade/Role
|
No.
|
Salary Scale
|
|
Private Secretary
|
1
|
Executive Officer Scale
|
|
Clerical Officer
|
2
|
Clerical Officer Scale
|
Civil Service Staff-Constituency Office
|
Grade/Role
|
No.
|
Salary Scale
|
|
Temporary Clerical Officer
|
1
|
Clerical Officer Scale
|
*With effect from the 32nd Dáil, Personal Secretaries and Personal Assistants are paid by the Houses of the Oireachtas as Secretarial Assistants and Parliamentary Assistants respectively, under the scheme for Secretarial Assistance.
2016
Office of Minster for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
|
Grade/Role
|
No.
|
Salary Scale
|
|
Special Adviser
|
1
|
Principal Officer Scale (PPC)
|
|
Special Adviser
|
1
|
Principal Officer Scale (PPC)
|
|
Civilian Driver
|
1
|
Civilian Driver (single point salary scale)
|
|
Civilian Driver
|
1
|
Civilian Driver (single point salary scale)
|
Civil Service Staff – Private Office
|
Grade/Role
|
No.
|
Salary Scale
|
|
Private Secretary
|
1
|
Higher Executive Officer Scale
|
|
Executive Officer
|
1
|
Clerical Officer Scale
|
|
Clerical Officer
|
3
|
Clerical Officer Scale
|
Civil Service Staff - Constituency Office
|
Grade/Role
|
No.
|
Salary Scale
|
|
Clerical Officer
|
1
|
Clerical Officer Scale
|
|
Temporary Clerical Officer
|
1
|
Clerical Officer Scale
|
Office of Minister of State (Gaeltacht)
|
Grade/Role
|
No.
|
Salary Scale
|
|
Civilian Driver
|
1
|
Civilian Driver (single point salary scale)
|
|
Civilian Driver
|
1
|
Civilian Driver (single point salary scale)
|
Civil Service Staff – Private Office
|
Grade/Role
|
No.
|
Salary Scale
|
|
Private Secretary
|
1
|
Executive Officer Scale
|
|
Clerical Officer
|
2
|
Clerical Officer Scale
|
Office of Minister of State (Regional Economic Development)
|
Grade/Role
|
No.
|
Salary Scale
|
|
Civilian Driver
|
1
|
Civilian Driver (single point salary scale)
|
|
Civilian Driver
|
1
|
Civilian Driver (single point salary scale)
|
Civil Service Staff – Private Office
|
Grade/Role
|
No.
|
Salary Scale
|
|
Private Secretary
|
1
|
Higher Executive Officer Scale
|
|
Executive Officer
|
1
|
Executive Officer Scale
|
|
Clerical Officer
|
1
|
Clerical Officer Scale
|
2017
Office of Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
|
Grade/Role
|
No.
|
Salary Scale
|
|
Special Adviser
|
1
|
Principal Officer Scale (PPC)
|
|
Special Adviser
|
1
|
Principal Officer Scale (PPC)
|
|
Civilian Driver
|
1
|
Civilian Driver (single point salary scale)
|
|
Civilian Driver
|
1
|
Civilian Driver (single point salary scale)
|
Civil Service Staff
-Private Office
|
Grade/Role
|
No.
|
Salary Scale
|
|
Private Secretary
|
1
|
Higher Executive Officer Scale
|
|
Executive officer
|
2
|
Executive Officer Scale
|
|
Clerical Officer
|
2
|
Clerical Officer Scale
|
Civil Service Staff - Constituency Office
|
Grade/Role
|
No.
|
Salary Scale
|
|
Clerical Officer
|
1
|
Clerical Officer Scale
|
|
Temporary Clerical Officer
|
1
|
Clerical Officer Scale
|
Office of Minister of State (Gaeltacht)
|
Grade/Role
|
No.
|
Salary Scale
|
|
Civilian Driver
|
1
|
Civilian Driver (single point salary scale)
|
Civil Service Staff- Private Office
|
Grade/Role
|
No.
|
Salary Scale
|
|
Private Secretary
|
1
|
Higher Executive Officer Scale
|
|
Clerical Officer
|
1
|
Clerical Officer Scale
|
