Departmental Staff.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 5 July 2006

Wednesday, 5 July 2006

Ceisteanna (337, 338, 339)

Eamon Gilmore

Ceist:

345 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Transport the number of political appointees and non established civil servants appointed to his Department since June 2002; the nature of the post to which each such person is appointed; the annual cost in terms of salaries or expenses in respect of each such post for each year since 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26989/06]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Transport (Mr. Cullen)

The following tables provide the information sought by the Deputy. The grades of Clerical Officer, Executive Officer, Administrative Officers and equivalent grades, recruited under temporary contract, have been excluded.

Grade	Appointed since June 2002
Personal Assistants	4
Personal Secretaries	5
Press Officers	2
Advisers	2
Total	13

	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
	€	€	€	€	€
Pay
Personal Secretaries
1	10,323	24,366	22,158
2			6,940	28,539	14,733
3			9,316	40,551
4					13,022
Personal Assistants
1		33,685	28,124
2	18,295	36,886	1,410
3			10,287	42,232	21,833
4				52,908
5					16,875
Press Officers
1		91,760	7,801
2			19,405	79,819	36,973
Advisers
1	33,933	75,448	2,833
2			11,463	47,063	24,333
Expenses
Personal Assistants
1			5,955
2		83	2,409
3
4
5					3,388
Press Officers
1			6,475	2,487
2			978	4,006	1,318
Advisers
1		733	11,516
2
Total	62,551	262,961	147,070	297,605	132,475

Eamon Gilmore

Ceist:

346 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Transport the number of staff broken down by grade employed within the private office and the constituency office; the number of such staff who are permanent civil servants; the number who are political appointees; the annual cost of each such office in terms of salary, overtime and expenses in respect of each Minister of State allocated to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27004/06]

Minister for Transport (Mr. Cullen)

The attached tables provide the information required by the Deputy. The salary costs are based on current salary scales.

The overall expenses including overtime incurred by the Minister of States's office over the past year (July 2005 to June 2006) is approximately €161,000. This includes travel and subsistence costs for staff and all other associated office costs.

Office	Grade/Job Title	Total staff	Status: Permanent or Political	Salary scale/cost per annum
Private Office	Private Secretary	1	Permanent	€44,399-€56,361 plus allowance of €19,727 per annum
Private Office	Executive Officer	1	Permanent	€29,152-€46,253
Private Office	Clerical Officers	4	Permanent	€21,563-€34,964
Constituency Office	Personal Assistant	1	Political appointee	€52,905
Constituency Office	Personal Secretary	1	Political appointee	€21,002-€40,520
Constituency Office	Staff Officer	1	Permanent	€33,321-€44,487
Constituency Office	Clerical Officer	2	Permanent	€20,995-€34,050
Total		11

Eamon Gilmore

Ceist:

347 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Transport the number of staff broken down by grade employed within his private office and his constituency office; the number of such staff who are permanent civil servants; the number who are political appointees; the annual cost of each such office in terms of salary, overtime and expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27019/06]

Minister for Transport (Mr. Cullen)

The following tables provide the information requested by the Deputy in relation to salary. The salary costs are based on current salary scales.

The overall expenses figure including overtime incurred by the Minister's office over the past year (July 2005 to June 2006) is approximately €213,920. This includes travel and subsistence costs for staff and all other associated officecosts.

Office	Grade/Job Title	Total staff	Status: Permanent or Political	Salary scale/cost per annum
Private Office	Private Secretary	1	Permanent	€44,399-€56,361 plus allowance of €19,727 per annum
Private Office	Special Adviser	1	Political appointee	€153,190
Private Office	Press Officer	1	Permanent (acting)	To be finalised
Private Office	Executive Officer	1	Permanent	€29,152-€46.253
Private Office	Clerical Officers	4	Permanent	€22,102-€35,838
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Office	Grade/Job Title	Total staff	Status: Permanent or Political	Salary scale/cost per annum
Constituency	Personal Assistant	1	Political appointee	€42,180-€53,541
Constituency	Personal Secretary	1	Political appointee	€21,002-€40,520
Constituency	Personal Administrative Assistant	1	Political appointee	€42,180-€53,541
Constituency	Staff Officer	1	Political appointee	€33,321-€44,487
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