Ministerial Staff.

Tuesday, 25 November 2008

Ceisteanna (223)

John O'Mahony

Ceist:

285 Deputy John O’Mahony asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons employed in her private office and her constituency offices; the annual amount paid in respect of salaries and expenses in regard to each such office in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42906/08]

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Minister for Health and Children (Deputy Mary Harney)

The information requested by the Deputy is outlined in the tables below.

Table 1: Staffing Position at November 2008

	Private Secretary	Executive Officer	Staff Officer	Clerical Officer	Special Advisor	Personal Assistant	Total
Private Office	1	2	1	4	2	1	11
Constituency Office				2		1	3

Table 2: Administrative Budget details — Paid to date

2008 (to date)	Total Pay	Travel & Subsistence Payments	Ministerial Expenses
	€m	€m	€m
Minister for Health & Children Private Office	0.925	0.046	0.011
Minister for Health & Children Constituency Office	0.135	0.000	0.000
Total	1.060	0.046	0.011

Question No. 286 answered with Question No. 270.