The names, duties, annual salaries and dates of appointments of the political advisers, personal assistants and personal secretaries appointed by the Ministers of State atmy Department are set out in the table below. All staff are located in Government Buildings except for the personal secretary to the Minister of State, Deputy Roche, who is based in Wicklow town.
Office of the Government Chief Whip
Name
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Job Description
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Date of Appointment
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Current Annual Salary
|
|
|
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€
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Carl Gibney
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Special Advisor — co-ordinating Information Society events, liaising with interest groups, monitoring developments in e-government at EU level, and research and speech writing on Information Society issues.
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06/06/02
|
72,128
|
Averil Power
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Personal Assistant — speech writing, research, and political and constituency- related issues.
|
23/07/02
|
38,653
|
Nuala Redmond*
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Personal Secretary — constituency related issues and management of Minister’s constituency correspondence.
|
06/06/02
|
26,871
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Paula Eager
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Personal Secretary, replaced Nuala Redmond.
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28/07/03
|
26,931
|
*Returned to Dept. of Health and Children on 18/03/03
Office of Minister of State Roche
Name
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Job Description
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Date of Appointment
|
Current Annual Salary
|
|
|
|
€
|
Ciara Furlong
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Personal Secretary — constituency related issues and management of Minister’s constituency correspondence.
|
06/06/02
|
34,600
|
Geraldine Cole
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Personal Assistant to MoS Roche at the Department of Foreign Affairs.
|
02/02/04
|
40,515(paid by Department of Foreign Affairs)
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