Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 288: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons employed in his private office and his constituency office; the annual amount paid in respect of salaries and expenses in regard to each such office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7926/05]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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There are 11 full-time staff in the private office. This includes a special adviser and a press adviser appointed on a contract basis for my term of office. The total salary, allowances, overtime, employers PRSI and private pension costs for 2004 for the private offices of both the previous Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Deputy Mary Coughlan and myself were €531,665. A breakdown of travel and subsistence expenditure for 2004 is currently not available.

There are six full-time staff assigned to deal with matters in the constituency office including four established civil servants, along with a personal secretary and a personal assistant on a contract basis for my term of office. The total salary costs for 2004 for the constituency offices of former Minister, Deputy Coughlan and I were €231,258.