Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 25 Mar 1997

Vol. 476 No. 7

Written Answers. - Ministerial Staff.

Ivor Callely

Ceist:

362 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment the persons appointed by him or by the Minister(s) of State at his Department as programme managers, advisers, assistants or back-up staff, either in his Department or in constituency offices; the annual remuneration paid to these staff; the names of individuals, groups or companies which have undertaken or have been approved to undertake full-time, part-time or casual consultancies, reviews, examinations, analyses or any public relations service on his behalf or on behalf of the Minister(s) of State at his Department; and the full costs in respect of these to his Department. [8005/97]

Minister for Enterprise and Employment (Mr. R. Bruton)

Persons appointed to unestablished positions in my office and the offices of the Ministers of State at my Department are as follows:

Office of the Minister for Enterprise and Employment

Name	Title/Grade	Annual Remuneration
		£
Mr. Pat Carroll	Programme Manager	45,525 plus 16.5 per cent of salary in respect of superannuation
Ms Siobhan Kenny	Special Adviser	26,013
Ms June Browne	Personal Assistant	20,123

Office of the Minister for Commerce, Science and Technology

Name	Title/Grade	Annual Remuneration
		£
Mr. Noel Ward	Programme Manager	40,330
Mr. Fergus O'Raghallaigh	Special Adviser	33,963
Ms Linda Brien	Personal Assistant	18,154

Office of the Minister for Labour Affairs

Name	Title/Grade	Annual Remuneration
		£
Ms Kathleen O'Meara	Special Adviser	33,452 plus an allowance of 1,170 in lieu of superannuation. Resigned on 17-02-97
Ms Brid Spencer	Personal Adviser	19,053
Mr. Deiric Ó Broin	Special Adviser	19,037
Mr. Kevin Kearney	Civilian Driver	13,720
Mr. Dick Feeney	Civilian Driver	13,720
Ms Louise Ní Chriodáin	Personal Secretary	Appointed on 10-03-97. Salary to be finalised

As regards consultancies, reviews and examinations commissioned by my Department, I refer the Deputy to my detailed reply to his Question of 5 March 1997 — Volume 475 No. 8, Cols. 1897-1906 — which contains the information requested.

All expenditure in respect of advertising and publicity is accounted for under Subhead A8 of my Department's Vote. The record of this expenditure for 1995, 1996 and 1997, to date, shows the following breakdown:

	1995	1996	1997 (to-date)
Total Paid (£'000)	107	114	30

A separate classification for public relations is not maintained. Most of the expenditure is in respect of statutory and public information requirements and, as the amount in respect of public relations would be minimal, I consider that the time and cost involved to ascertain that amount would not be justified.