Written answers
Tuesday, 13 December 2016
Department of An Taoiseach
Ministerial Staff
David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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68. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff employed by him and each Minister of State, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special advisers, press secretaries and other positions in tabular form; and the pay rate for each assistant and total cost. [39561/16]
Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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There are 21 political staff employed by my Department, details as follows:
| Position | Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Chief of Staff | €156,380 |
| Special Adviser to the Taoiseach for Policy and Programme Implementation | €87,258 |
| Special Adviser to the Taoiseach for Policy and Programme Implementation | €87,258 |
| Special Adviser to the Government Chief Whip | €87,258 |
| Special Adviser to the Government Chief Whip | €79,401 |
| Personal Assistant to the Taoiseach | €77,275 |
| Personal Assistant to the Taoiseach | €68,293 |
| Personal Assistant to the Taoiseach | €68,293 |
| Personal Assistant to the Taoiseach | €55,415 |
| Personal Assistant to the Taoiseach | €65,000 |
| Personal Assistant to the Taoiseach | €72,546 |
| Personal Secretary to the Taoiseach | €46,315 |
| Personal Secretary to the Taoiseach | €37,588 |
| Government Press Secretary | €118,931 |
| Assistant Government Press Secretary | €65,000 |
| Deputy Government Press Secretary | €91,624 |
| Chief Strategist to the Independent Alliance | €91,624 |
| Political Coordinator to the Ministers in Government | €91,624 |
| Civilian Driver for the Government Chief Whip | €32,965 |
| Civilian Driver for the Government Chief Whip | €34,700 |
| Civilian Driver for the Leader of the Seanad | €34,700 |
| Total: | €1,549,448 |
The political staff working with Minister of State Paul Kehoe, Minister of State Dara Murphy and Minister of State Joe McHugh are not on the payroll of my Department.
David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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69. To ask the Taoiseach if any staff employed in the public and civil service are seconded to work with him or any Minister of State in their constituencies; and the number of same and cost to his Department [39576/16]
Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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There are six staff assigned to work in my Constituency Office. Three are based in Government Buildings, two of whom are established civil servants, and one who is on contract. One of the established civil servants is on secondment from the Department of Social Protection. The three remaining staff are based in Castlebar and are on contract.
There are three staff assigned to work in the Chief Whip's Constituency Office, two of whom are established civil servants based in Government Buildings, and one who is on contract (paid by the Oireachtas) and based in Ratoath, Co. Meath. One of the two civil servants working in the Chief Whip's Constituency Office is on secondment from the Legal Aid Board.
Minister of State Murphy has three staff in his Constituency Office in Cork. One established civil servant (paid by my Department and seconded from the Central Statistics Office) and two contract staff (both paid by the Oireachtas).
Minister of State Kehoe has four staff in his Constituency Office. Two established civil servants are seconded by my Department to the Department of Defence and are assigned to the office. They are based in Government Buildings and are paid by the Department of Defence. Minister of State Kehoe also has two contract staff (both paid by the Oireachtas) who are based in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford.
Minister of State McHugh has three contract staff in his Constituency Office (equating to two whole time equivalent positions). They are based in Donegal and are paid by the Oireachtas.
The annual cost to my Department of staff working in Constituency Offices (9 staff members in total) is €433,129.
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