Vol. 503 No. 1
7 Mr. Quinn asked the Taoiseach the advisers, programme managers or public relations officers attached to his office; if those persons are civil servants or private sector employees; when they were employed for this work; the costs associated with these persons; if their work is full-time or part-time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8204/99]
The information requested by the Deputy is included in two tabular statements which I propose to circulate in the Official Report.
There are no persons appointed in my Department as public relations officers per se. However, the details of the people whose work involves liaison with the media are included in the second tabular statement. The Deputy may also wish to refer to the two previous parliamentary questions about the role, status and cost of my staff.
Tabular Statement I.
|
Name |
Title |
Civil Servants/Private Sector |
Date ofAppointment |
Cost |
Full-timePart-time |
|
£ |
|||||
|
Gerry Hickey |
Programme Manager and Special Adviser to the Taoiseach |
Non Civil Servant |
1 July 1997 |
91,541 |
Full-time |
|
Paddy Duffy |
Special Adviser to the Taoiseach |
National School Teacher, Public Servant |
1 July 1997 |
52,484 |
Full-time |
|
Martin Mansergh |
Special Adviser to the Taoiseach on Northern Ireland, Economic & Social Matters |
Non Civil Servant |
27 June 1997 |
69,419 |
Full-time |
|
Name |
Title |
Civil Servants/Private Sector |
Date ofAppointment |
Cost |
Full-timePart-time |
|
£ |
|||||
|
Katherine Bulbulia |
Tánaiste's Programme Manager |
Non Civil Servant |
21 July 1997 |
59,137 |
Full-time |
|
Frank Lahiffe |
Special Adviser to the Chief Whip (previously appointed as Personal Assistant to the Chief Whip on 27 June 1997) |
Non Civil Servant |
1 February 1999 |
38,250 |
Full-time |
|
Brian Murphy |
Adviser to all Ministers of State |
Non Civil Servant |
1 March 1999 |
28,835 |
Full-time |
Tabular Statement II.
|
Name |
Title |
Civil Servants/Private Sector |
Date ofAppointment |
Cost |
Full-timePart-time |
|
Joe Lennon |
Government Press Secretary |
Civil Servant |
27 June 1997 |
59,137 |
Full-time |
|
John Murray |
Assistant Government Press Secretary and Head of Government Information Services |
Non Civil Servant |
27 June 1997 |
43,746 |
Full-time |
|
Marty Whelan |
Manager of the Media Monitoring Unit |
Non Civil Servant |
21 July 1997 |
32,875 |
Full-time |
|
Tom Rowley |
Millennium Press Officer |
Non Civil Servant |
1 March 1999 |
£50,000 plus performance allowance to maximum of £5,000 pa (to be decided by National Millennium Committee) |
Full-time |
