The information requested in respect of staff employed in Ministerial constituency offices is set out in the following tables:
|
Minister
|
Year
|
No of staff
|
Grade/Salary Scale
|
|
John Gormley T.D.
|
2010
|
1 Personal Assistant
|
Higher Executive Officer
|
|
|
1 Personal Secretary
|
Executive Officer
|
|
|
2
|
Executive Officer
|
|
|
1
|
Clerical Officer
|
|
2009
|
1 Personal Assistant
|
Higher Executive Officer
|
|
|
2 × 0.5 Personal Secretaries
|
Executive Officer
|
|
|
2
|
Executive Officer
|
|
|
2.5
|
Clerical Officer
|
|
2008
|
1 Personal Assistant
|
Higher Executive Officer
|
|
|
2 × 0.5 Personal Secretaries
|
Executive Officer
|
|
|
2
|
Executive Officer
|
|
|
2.5
|
Clerical Officer
|
|
2007 (part)
|
1 Personal Assistant
|
Higher Executive Officer
|
|
|
2 × 0.5 Personal Secretaries
|
Executive Officer
|
|
|
2
|
Executive Officer
|
|
|
3.5
|
Clerical Officer
|
|
Dick Roche T.D
|
29 September, 2004 to June 2007
|
1 Personal Assistant
|
Higher Executive Officer
|
|
|
1 Personal Secretary
|
Executive Officer
|
|
|
2
|
Executive Officer
|
|
|
2
|
Clerical Officer
|
|
Minister of State
|
Year
|
No of staff
|
Grade/Salary Scale
|
|
Michael Finneran T.D
|
2010
|
1 Personal Assistant
|
Higher Executive Officer
|
|
|
1 Personal Secretary
|
Executive Officer
|
|
|
2
|
Clerical Officer
|
|
2009
|
1 Personal Assistant
|
Higher Executive Officer
|
|
|
1 Personal Secretary
|
Executive Officer
|
|
|
3
|
Clerical Officer
|
|
From June 2008
|
1 Personal Assistant
|
Higher Executive Officer
|
|
|
1 Personal Secretary
|
Executive Officer
|
|
|
1
|
Executive Officer
|
|
|
2
|
Clerical Officer
|
|
Michael Kitt T.D.
|
From May 2008 to April 2009
|
1 Personal Assistant
|
Higher Executive Officer
|
|
|
1 Personal Secretary
|
Executive Officer
|
|
|
2
|
Executive Officer
|
|
|
1
|
Clerical Officer
|
|
Batt O’Keeffe T.D
|
2004-2008
|
1 Personal Assistant
|
Higher Executive Officer
|
|
|
1 Personal Secretary
|
Executive Officer
|
|
|
1
|
Executive Officer
|
|
|
2
|
Clerical Officer
|
|
Noel Ahern T.D
|
2002-2007
|
1 Personal Assistant
|
Higher Executive Officer
|
|
|
1 Personal Secretary
|
Executive Officer
|
|
|
2
|
Executive Officer
|
|
|
2
|
Clerical Officer
|
|
Tony Killeen T.D
|
2007-2008
|
1 Personal Assistant
|
Higher Executive Officer
|
|
|
1 Personal Secretary
|
Executive Officer
|
|
|
2
|
Executive Officer
|
|
|
1
|
Clerical Officer
|
Staffing arrangements for the Office of the Minister of State with responsibility for Older People, Aine Brady, T.D, and her predecessor Maire Hoctor T.D., are matters for the Department of Health and Children. Similarly, staffing arrangements for Ciaran Cuffe, T.D., Minister of State with special responsibility for Sustainable Transport, Horticulture and Planning and Heritage are dealt with by the Department of Transport. These Ministers of State do not, or did not, have constituency offices in my Department.
The salary scales for all administrative grades are available on the Department of Finance website (www.finance.gov.ie).
The following travel and subsistence costs were payable in the 2004-2010 period in respect of Ministerial Constituency offices:
|
Grade
|
Office
|
Year
|
Amount
|
|
|
|
€
|
|
Personal Assistant
|
Minister of State O’Keeffe
|
2004
|
1,383.26
|
|
Personal Assistant
|
Minister Roche
|
2005
|
1,968.95
|
|
|
2006
|
1,732.47
|
|
|
2007
|
3,040.47
|
|
Clerical Officer
|
Minister of State Finneran
|
2009
|
216.19
|
|
|
2010
|
65.63
|
The Constituency offices are located in the Custom House, which is in State ownership, with the exception of 1 Clerical Officer who is located in Minister of State Finneran's constituency office in Roscommon and for which my Department does not incur accommodation costs.
My Department does not hold any information on the current estimated value of the offices which are matters appropriate to the Office of Public Works (OPW).
Utilities and essential services costs are charged to the Ministerial subheads as a whole and cannot be broken down between Ministerial constituency and Private offices.
The following Miscellaneous costs for Ministerial Constituency offices since 2004 have been identified:-
|
Year
|
Minister
|
Purpose
|
Cost
|
|
|
|
€
|
|
2004
|
|
|
Nil
|
|
2005
|
Minister Roche
|
Carpeting of Constituency Office
|
2,942.04
|
|
2006
|
Minister Roche
|
Painting of Personal Assistant’s office
|
3,048.61
|
|
2007
|
Minister of State Finneran
|
Carpeting of Constituency Office
|
2,032.80
|
|
Minister of State Finneran
|
Painting of Constituency Office
|
3,171.50
|
|
Minister of State Killeen
|
Painting of Constituency Office
|
2,526.21
|
|
Minister of State Killeen
|
Fitting blinds to Personal Assistant’s Office
|
189.99
|
|
Minister of State O’Keeffe
|
Newspapers
|
95.80
|
|
2008
|
Minister of State Kitt
|
Furniture for Constituency Office
|
5,207.84
|
|
Minister of State O’Keeffe
|
Newspapers
|
700.70
|
|
Minister of State Finneran
|
Newspapers
|
588.45
|
|
2009
|
Minister of State Finneran
|
Newspapers
|
2,359.55
|
|
2010
|
|
|
Nil
|
In addition the following printing and office machinery costs in respect of Constituency Offices have been identified:
|
Item
|
Minister/Minister of State
|
Cost
|
PaymentDate
|
|
|
€
|
|
|
Headed paper
|
Minister Roche
|
150.04
|
23/05.05
|
|
Photocopier
|
Minister O’Keeffe
|
3,563.45
|
08/02/06
|
|
Fax machine
|
Minister O’Keeffe
|
695.76
|
31/08/07
|
|
Headed paper
|
Minister O’Keeffe
|
131.89
|
25/02/08
|
|
Photocopier
|
Minister Kitt
|
5,868.50
|
04/07/08
|
|
Letterheads
|
Minister Finneran
|
136.13
|
25/07/08
|
|
Fax machine
|
Minister Finneran
|
663.08
|
29/07/08
|
|
Complimentary slips
|
Minister Finneran
|
799.21
|
05/08/08
|
|
Fax toners
|
Minister Kitt
|
165.22
|
16/03/09
|
