Table 1 below outlines the number of persons (full time equivalents), broken down by grade, employed in my constituency office and in those of my predecessors, including each Minister of State from 14th June 2007 to date in 2010. It also includes the salary and overtime costs for each individual. These figures do not include Special Advisers as they are not assigned to constituency offices.
Table 2 identifies the travel expenses paid to persons within each constituency office from 2007 to date in 2010. In relation to constituency offices on Departmental property the following is the position. Since June 2007, a constituency office in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment/Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation in Kildare Street has been used by myself and my predecessors (Tánaiste Mary Coughlan T.D. and Minister Micheál Martin T.D.). The dimensions of that office amount to 26 square meters approximately. Since June 2007, the only Minister of State who has been provided with a constituency office on Department property is the current Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation, Conor Lenihan T.D. The dimensions of his constituency office amount to 31 square metres approximately. It is not possible to provide an estimate of the value associated with those constituency offices or to provide an accurate estimate of the costs of providing utilities, services and other miscellaneous costs for those offices because those constituency offices represent an insignificant amount of space within the Department's building in Kildare Street.
Table 1: Breakdown of Salary & Overtime costs for staff in Ministers & Ministers of State Constituency Offices from 2007
|
Ministers since 14th June 2007
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|
June 2007 – May, 2008
|
|
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
|
Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Employment: Micheal Martin, TD
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Personal Assistant:
|
.6 w/s
|
6,127.17
|
|
|
|
|
.5 w/s
|
7,489.48
|
|
|
|
|
Personal Secretary:
|
1
|
|
14,520.97
|
|
|
|
1
|
27,161.58
|
24,176.57
|
|
|
|
Civil Servants:
|
1 Clerical Officer
|
12,461.35
|
13,180.31
|
|
|
|
.8 w/s Clerical Officer
|
11,828.88
|
8,726.96
|
|
|
|
1 Clerical Officer
|
20,810.39
|
15,892.61
|
0.00
|
|
|
|
85,878.85
|
76,497.42
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
Minister for Labour Affairs: Billy Kelleher, TD
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Personal Assistant:
|
1
|
21,120.10
|
21,698.02
|
|
|
|
Personal Secretary:
|
1
|
12,021.94
|
11,456.40
|
|
|
|
Civil Servants:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
33,142.04
|
33,154.42
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
Minister for Innovation Policy: Michael Ahern, TD
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Personal Secretary:
|
1
|
27,555.93
|
18,969.38
|
|
|
|
Persoanl Assistant:
|
1
|
25,769.61
|
16,754.85
|
|
|
|
Civil Servants:
|
1 Clerical Officer
|
16,530.36
|
11,364.63
|
|
|
|
|
69,855.90
|
47,088.86
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
Minister for Trade & Commerce: John McGuinness, TD
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Personal Secretary:
|
1
|
25,442.24
|
26,955.31
|
|
|
|
Personal Assistant:
|
1
|
23,086.45
|
25,897.68
|
|
|
|
Secretarial Assistant:
|
1 (includes redundancy paid in ’09)
|
1,540.77
|
17,657.91
|
|
|
|
Secretarial Assistant:
|
1
|
7,611.30
|
10,540.51
|
|
|
|
Civil Servants:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
57,680.76
|
81,051.41
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
7th May, 2008 to 22/3/10
|
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
|
Tanaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Mary Coughlan, T.D.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Personal Assistant:
|
1
|
|
34,950.16
|
49,647.47
|
16,959.80
|
|
Personal Secretary:
|
1
|
|
32,973.64
|
48,269.46
|
15,358.75
|
|
Temp. Sec. Assistant
|
1
|
|
20,519.60
|
29,508.73
|
11,573.73
|
|
Civil Servants:
|
1 Executive Officer
|
|
22,811.45
|
34,106.07
|
7,326.98
|
|
1 Clerical Officer
|
|
21,395.85
|
34,167.02
|
11,791.19
|
|
1 Clerical Officer
|
|
23,433.09
|
38,594.54
|
12,915.14
|
|
.8 w/s Clerical Officer
|
|
16,044.37
|
24,798.46
|
8,288.21
|
|
|
0.00
|
172,128.16
|
259,091.75
|
84,213.80
|
7th May, 2008 to 21/4/09
|
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
|
Minister for Trade & Commerce: John McGuinness, T.D.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Personal Assistant:
|
1
|
|
44,262.39
|
19,061.74
|
|
|
Personal Secretary:
|
1
|
|
47,113.60
|
20,080.61
|
|
|
Secretarial Assistant:
|
1
|
|
19,290.80
|
12,246.27
|
|
|
Secretarial Assistant:
|
1
|
|
20,049.78
|
9,924.08
|
|
|
Civil Servants:
|
1 Clerical Officer
|
|
16,220.20
|
8,689.72
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
146,936.77
|
70,002.42
|
0.00
|
|
Minister for Labour Affairs: Billy Kelleher, T.D.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Personal Assistant:
|
1
|
|
39,081.37
|
19,393.26
|
|
|
Personal Secretary:
|
1
|
|
22,112.85
|
11,391.46
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
61,194.22
|
30,784.72
|
0.00
|
|
Minister for Innovation Policy: Jimmy Devins, T.D.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Personal Assistant:
|
1
|
|
34,268.00
|
18,771.86
|
|
|
Personal Secretary:
|
.5 w/s
|
|
8,363.17
|
4,662.03
|
|
|
.5 w/s
|
|
13,574.58
|
7,272.43
|
|
|
Civil Servants:
|
1 Clerical Officer
|
|
20,968.92
|
10,824.14
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
77,174.67
|
41,530.46
|
0.00
|
Ministers of State resigned on 21/4/09 and re-appointments made on 22/4/09
|
From 22/4/09 to present (Ministers of State)
|
|
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
|
Minister for Trade & Commerce: Billy Kelleher, T.D.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Personal Assistant:
|
1
|
|
|
46,344.05
|
49,967.05
|
|
Personal Secretary:
|
1
|
|
|
12,318.34
|
18,580.56
|
|
1 (replacement for staff member on maternity leave)
|
|
|
|
29,479.29
|
33,273.16
|
|
Civil Servants:
|
1 Clerical Officer
|
|
|
26,096.57
|
27,778.81
|
|
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
114,238.25
|
129,599.58
|
|
Minister for Labour Affairs: Dara Calleary, T.D.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Personal Assistant:
|
1
|
|
|
30,503.61
|
35,438.80
|
|
1 resigned on 15/5/09
|
|
|
|
1,472.43
|
0
|
|
Personal Secretary:
|
|
|
|
24,408.43
|
29,158.21
|
|
Civil Servants:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
56,384.47
|
64,597.01
|
|
Minister for Innovation Policy: Conor Lenihan, T.D.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Personal Assistant:
|
1
|
|
|
40,271.69
|
41,576.97
|
|
Personal Secretary:
|
1 (resigned 28/5/10)
|
|
|
28,875.86
|
17,762.84
|
|
1 (replacement from 9/6/10)
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
9,382.44
|
|
Civil Servants:
|
1 Executive Officer
|
|
|
25,200.16
|
29,114.94
|
|
Civil Servants:
|
1 Clerical Officer transferred out 15/10/09
|
|
|
12,999.76
|
0
|
|
1 Clerical Officer on secondment from D/H&C
|
|
|
0.00
|
0
|
|
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
107,347.47
|
97,837.19
|
22/3/10 — Tanaiste & Minister for ETE, Mary Coughlan and staff transferred to D/Education and Science
|
From 23/3/10 — present
|
|
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
|
Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Innovation: Batt O’Keeffe, T.D.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Personal Assistant:
|
1
|
0.00
|
|
|
19,798.00
|
|
Personal Secretary:
|
1
|
0.00
|
|
|
17,989.60
|
|
Civil Servants:
|
1 Executive Officer
|
0.00
|
|
|
13,271.62
|
|
1 Clerical Officer
|
|
0.00
|
|
|
15,028.02
|
|
0.8 w/s Clerical Officer
|
|
0.00
|
|
|
7,998.33
|
|
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
74,085.57
|
|
|
246,557.55
|
695,225.93
|
679,379.54
|
450,333.15
|
Table 1: Overview of Salaries and Overtime for each Minister and Minister of State Office from 2007 to date
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
|
Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Employment: Micheál Martin, TD
|
85,878.85
|
76,497.42
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
Minister for Labour Affairs: Billy Kelleher, TD
|
33,142.04
|
94,348.64
|
145,022.97
|
129,599.58
|
|
Minister for Innovation Policy: Michael Ahern, TD
|
69,855.90
|
47,088.86
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
Minister for Trade & Commerce: John McGuinness, TD
|
57,680.76
|
227,988.18
|
70,002.42
|
0.00
|
|
Tanaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Mary Coughlan, T.D.
|
0.00
|
172,128.16
|
259,091.75
|
84,213.80
|
|
Minister for Innovation Policy: Jimmy Devins, T.D.
|
0.00
|
77,174.67
|
41,530.46
|
0.00
|
|
Minister for Labour Affairs: Dara Calleary, T.D.
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
56,384.47
|
64,597.01
|
|
Minister for Innovation Policy: Conor Lenihan, T.D.
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
107,347.47
|
97,837.19
|
|
Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Innovation: Batt O’Keeffe, T.D.
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
74,085.57
|
|
246,557.55
|
695,225.93
|
679,379.54
|
450,333.15
|
Table 2: Breakdown of travel expenses paid to constituency staff
|
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
|
Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Employment: Micheal Martin, TD
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Personal Assistant:
|
.6w/s
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
.5 w/s
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
|
|
Personal Secretary:
|
1
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
Personal Secretary:
|
1
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
|
|
Civil Servants:
|
1 Clerical Officer
|
99.23
|
90.03
|
|
|
|
.8 w/s Clerical Officer
|
93.53
|
97.03
|
|
|
|
1 Clerical Officer
|
110.13
|
113.23
|
|
|
|
|
302.89
|
300.29
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
Minister for Labour Affairs: Billy Kelleher, TD
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Personal Assistant:
|
1
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
Personal Secretary:
|
1
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
Civil Servants:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
Minister for Innovation Policy: Michael Ahern, TD
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Personal Secretary:
|
1
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
Personal Assistant:
|
1
|
0.00
|
592.45
|
|
|
|
Civil Servants:
|
n/a
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
592.45
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
Minister for Trade & Commerce: John McGuinness, TD
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Personal Secretary:
|
1
|
335.61
|
16,215.45
|
6,528.77
|
|
|
Personal Assistant:
|
1
|
74.93
|
0.00
|
|
|
|
Secretarial Assistant:
|
1
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
|
Secretarial Assistant:
|
1
|
|
205.99
|
|
|
|
Civil Servants:
|
1 Clerical Officer
|
|
58.63
|
229.97
|
|
|
|
410.54
|
16,480.07
|
6,758.74
|
0.00
|
|
Tanaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Mary Coughlan T.D.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Personal Assistant:
|
1
|
|
3,766.49
|
1,072.08
|
|
|
Personal Secretary:
|
1
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Temp. Sec. Assistant
|
1
|
|
|
0.00
|
|
|
Civil Servants:
|
1 Executive Officer
|
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
1 Clerical Officer
|
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
1 Clerical Officer
|
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
0.8 Clerical Officer
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
|
0.00
|
3,766.49
|
1,072.08
|
0.00
|
|
Minister for Innovation Policy: Jimmy Devins, T.D.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Personal Assistant:
|
1
|
|
510.74
|
0.00
|
|
|
Personal Secretary:
|
.5 w/s
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
.5 w/s
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Civil Servants:
|
1 Clerical Officer
|
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
510.74
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
Minister for Trade & Commerce: Billy Kelleher, T.D.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Personal Assistant:
|
1
|
|
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Personal Secretary:
|
1
|
|
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Civil Servants:
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
Minister for Labour Affairs: Dara Calleary, T.D.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Personal Assistant:
|
1
|
|
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Personal Secretary:
|
1
|
|
|
0.00
|
|
|
Civil Servants:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
Minister for Innovation Policy: Conor Lenihan, T.D.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Personal Assistant:
|
1
|
|
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Personal Secretary:
|
1
|
|
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Civil Servants:
|
1 Executive Officer
|
|
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
1 Clerical Officer
|
|
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
|
|
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Innovation: Batt O’Keeffe, T.D.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Personal Assistant:
|
1
|
|
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Personal Secretary
|
1
|
|
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Civil Servants:
|
1 Executive Officer
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
|
1 Clerical Officer
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
|
.8 Clerical Officer
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
|
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
|
713.43
|
21,650.04
|
7,830.82
|
0.00
|
