Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 September 2012
1039. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the gross annual salary costs for his private and constituency offices at present; the same figures for this time last year; the same figures for any Ministers of State in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37525/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraStaffing of my private and constituency offices and that of my colleague, Ms. Jan O’Sullivan, T.D., Minister of State, is in accordance with the agreed reduced staffing numbers set out in the Instructions on Ministerial Appointments for the 31st Dáil and the Guidelines on Staffing of Ministerial Offices of March 2011. During the period in question, former Minister of State Penrose held office from 10 March 2011 to 16 November 2011 and subsequently Minister of State O’Sullivan took up office on 20 December 2011. Minister of State O’Dowd had no staff assigned to his office in my Department in 2011 but has recently had one staff member assigned to his private office.
The current gross annual salary costs for each office and the equivalent costs as at September 2011 are set out in the following table.
|
Office |
September 2012 |
September 2011 |
|
Minister’s Private Office |
€509,021 |
€365,485 |
|
Minister’s Constituency Office |
€157,886 |
€197,992 |
|
Minister’s of State Private Office (O’Sullivan) |
€325,670 |
n/a |
|
Minister’s of State Constituency Office (O’Sullivan) |
€148,717 |
n/a |
|
Minister’s of State Private Office (O’Dowd) |
€79,338 |
n/a |
|
Minister’s of State Private Office (Penrose) |
n/a |
€273,245 |
|
Minister’s of State Constituency Office (Penrose) |
n/a |
€148,377 |
