Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 1 Oct 1997

Vol. 480 No. 7

Written Answers. - Ministerial Appointments.

Bernard Allen

Ceist:

86 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Finance the appointments made by him through his personal office since being appointed, including programme managers, advisers, special advisers, constituency personnel and all appointments other than Civil Service appointments; the salary being paid per annum in each case; and if he will give the same information in relation to Ministers of State at his Department. [15114/97]

Minister for Finance (Mr. McCreevy)

The details requested by the Deputy and comparative details for the previous Government are set out in the tables below. The salaries of those appointed by the previous Government have been revised by reference to the 1 July 1997 Partnership 2000 pay increase.

	Special Adviser	Programme Manager	Personal Assistant	Personal Secretary	Press and Information Officer
Present Government Appointees	None	None	Michael Fitzpatrick	Noeleen McCreevy*	Amanda Johnson
Present Government Costs	None	None	£23,885	£20,208	£36,757
Previous Government Appointees	Brendan Lynch	Ciarán O'Mara	Geraldine Ashe	Denise Rogers*	Joe Lennon
Previous Government Costs	£45,786	£45,786	£16,817	£29,082	£41,157

*(Previously constituency Dáil secretary - transferred from the Oireachtas Vote to the Department of Finance Vote)

Minister of State

	Special Adviser	Personal Assistant	Personal Secretary	Civilian Drivers
Present Government Appointees	None	None	Dorthe Cullen*	Noel ReynoldsJohn Flavin
Present Government Costs	None	None	£16,980	£27,961
Previous Government Appointees	Frank O'Dwyer	None	Mary Hartnett*	Brian O'SullivanCiarán Collins
Previous Government Costs	£35,754	None	£16,097	£28,234

*(Previously constituency Dáil secretary - transferred from the Oireachtas Vote to the Office of Public Works Vote)