Departmental Staff Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 September 2017

Wednesday, 20 September 2017

Questions (76)

Brendan Howlin

Question:

76. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach 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; and the duty or role of each, in each of the years 2015 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [36965/17]

Written answers

The Taoiseach

The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the tables.

Department of the Taoiseach Political Staff 2015-2016

Job Title	Salary Scale
Chief of Staff	Deputy Secretary
Programme Manager	Deputy Secretary
Special Adviser to the Taoiseach (2)	Principal Officer
Personal Assistant to the Taoiseach (5)	Assistant Principal Officer
Personal Assistant to the Taoiseach (1)	Higher Executive Officer
Personal Secretary to the Taoiseach	Executive Officer
Personal Secretary to the Chief of Staff	Executive Officer
Government Press Secretary	Assistant Secretary
Assistant Government Press Secretary	Principal Officer
Deputy Government Press Secretary	Principal Officer
Chief Strategist for the Independent Alliance	Principal Officer
Political Coordinator for the Independent Ministers in Government	Principal Officer
Special Adviser to the Government Chief Whip	Principal Officer
Special Adviser to the Government Chief Whip	Principal Officer
Driver (Government Chief Whip)	Civilian Driver
Driver (Government Chief Whip)	Civilian Driver
Driver (Leader of the Seanad)	Civilian Driver
Driver (Leader of the Seanad)	Civilian Driver

Department of the Taoiseach Political Staff as of 18.09.2017

Job Title	Salary Scale
Chief of Staff	Deputy Secretary
Spokesman and Communications Adviser to the Taoiseach	Assistant Secretary
Head of Policy and Programme Implementation	Assistant Secretary
Special Adviser to the Taoiseach	Assistant Secretary (equivalent)
Special Adviser to the Taoiseach (2)	Principal Officer
Special Adviser to the Taoiseach	Assistant Principal Officer
Personal Assistant to the Taoiseach (2)	Higher Executive Officer
Government Press Secretary	Assistant Secretary
Assistant Government Press Secretary	Principal Officer
Deputy Government Press Secretary	Principal Officer
Chief Strategist for the Independent Alliance	Principal Officer
Political Coordinator for the Independent Ministers in Government	Principal Officer
Special Adviser to the Government Chief Whip	Principal Officer
Special Adviser to the Government Chief Whip	Principal Officer
Driver (Government Chief Whip)	Civilian Driver
Driver (Government Chief Whip)	Civilian Driver
Driver (Leader of the Seanad)	Civilian Driver
Driver (Leader of the Seanad)	Civilian Driver

Secondees to the Department of the Taoiseach

Salary Scale	Dec-15	Dec-16	to date 2017
Clerical Officer	8	5	4
Executive Officer	1	1	1
Higher Executive Officer	6	7	5
Administrative Officer	5	0	1
Assistant Principal Officer	14	11	6
Principal Officer	4	4	2
Assistant Secretary General	0	0	2
Second Secretary General	1	0	0
Total	39	28	21