Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 December 2007
173 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of programme managers, special advisors, policy assistants, personnel on secondment and other personnel who are not part of the existing Civil Service who make up his Department, including permanent civil servants attached to the office of the Minister and Minister of States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33013/07]
Amharc ar fhreagraThere are a total of 13.5 staff employed in my private and constituency offices. These include 9.5 administrative staff, comprising 1 Higher Executive Officer, on secondment from the Department of Transport, 2 Executive Officers and 6.5 Clerical Officers. All of the administrative staff are established civil servants. Since my appointment as Minister for Social and Family Affairs on 14th June 2007, I have appointed, on a contract basis for my term of office, four non-established civil servants, a Press Adviser, a Personal Secretary, a Personal Assistant and a Constituency Assistant.
There has been no Minister of State formally assigned to my Department. However, Minister of State, Ms. Máire Hoctor, who is Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, has special responsibility for older people, areas of which fall within the remit of my Department. There are no staff assigned to her office from my Department.
