Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 8 Apr 1997

Vol. 477 No. 2

Written Answers - Ministerial Staff.

Ivor Callely

Ceist:

45 Mr. Callely asked the Taoiseach the total number of staff in his ministerial offices and his Ministers of State offices; if he will give a breakdown of the status of all staff, whether temporary civil servants, permanent or non-established; if he will give comparison figures for the years 1988, 1993, 1995 and 1996; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8890/97]

The Taoiseach

The information sought by the Deputy is provided in the following table.

	1997	1996	1995	1993	1988
Taoiseach: Private and Constituency Offices
Permanent Civil Servants	13	13	13	16	20
Non-Established Civil Servants	7	7	7	5	5
Chief Whip: Private and Constituency Offices
Permanent Civil Servants	6	6	6	6	7
Non-Established Civil Servants	3	3	3	1	1
Minister of State for European Affairs and Local Development¹: Private and Constituency Offices
Permanent Civil Servants	6	6	5	5	8
Non-Established Civil Servants 2	6	6	5	4	2
Minister of State for Western Development: Private and Constituency Offices
Permanent Civil Servants	4	4	4	*	*
Non-Established Civil Servants	4	4	4	*	*
Minister of State for the Commemoration of the Famine and 1798: Private Office
Permanent Civil Servants	1	1	—	*	*

1 Local Development was added to the Minister's Portfolio in 1994. Until 1992, the portfolio included Women's Affairs.

2 Includes a part-time Researcher employed on a part time consultancy basis.

* These offices, set up under the current Administration, were not in existence before 1994.