asked the Minister for Labour the number of personnel within his Department whose sole or primary function is dealing with constituency inquiries on his behalf from 1976 to 1989.
Written Answers. - Departmental Staff on Constituency Work.
153.
The number of staff of the Department of Labour soley or primarily engaged in dealing with constituency inquiries in recent years is as follows:
|
No. of Staff |
|
|
March 1987 to date |
6 |
|
January 1987 — March 1987 |
Nil* |
|
December 1983 — January 1987 |
5 |
|
December 1982 — December 1983 |
5 |
|
March 1982 — December 1982 |
Up to 5 |
|
June 1981 — March 1982 |
Up to 6 |
|
December 1980 — June 1981 |
Up to 8 |
* During this period the Minister for Social Welfare was also Minister for Labour and constituency inquiries were dealt with by the appropriate staff in the Department of Social Welfare.
There is no record readily available of the number of staff in the Minister's office who were solely or primarily engaged in constituency inquiries prior to December 1980.