Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 January 2024
448. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a schedule of the number of civilian drivers and Garda drivers attached to him and to Ministers of State of his Department; to provide the official work pattern for each driver and the total annual hours worked by each driver; and to indicate the number of drivers assigned to each Minister and Minister of State. [4213/24]
View answerTo support my work and that of the two Ministers of State, my Department has two civilian drivers appointed in addition to Garda drivers.
Civilian Driver appointments were made in line with the “Instructions to HR Managers on Ministerial Appointments for the 33rd Dáil” and the “Guidelines on the Staffing of Ministerial Offices for the 33rd Dáil’’.
The hours of attendance for each of the civilian drivers are fixed from time to time, amounting to on average, not less than 41 hours and 15 minutes gross per week. The working pattern is seven days on and seven days off on a week-on week-off basis.
The two Civilian Drivers are assigned to Minister of State Heydon.
The Garda drivers are employees of An Garda Síochána and any details of their terms and conditions are a matter for an Garda Síochána.
