Written answers
Tuesday, 8 March 2005
Department of Agriculture and Food
Ministerial Staff
8:00 pm
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 327: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of persons employed in her private office and her constituency office; the annual amount paid in respect of salaries and expenses in regard to each such office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7929/05]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The following table provides the breakdown of the numbers employed in my private and constituency offices.
Grade | Number of posts | Salary scale |
Special adviser | 1 | €55,057-€68, 651 — assistant principal officer standard salary scale + 10% allowance |
Private secretary | 1 | €39,035-€49,529 — higher executive officer standard scale + €17,389 annual allowance |
Personal assistant | 1 | €41,389-€51,192 — higher executive officer higher scale |
Personal secretary | 1 | €19,499-€37,621 — secretarial assistant salary scale + 10% higher duty allowance |
Executive officers | 2 | €25,704-€40,669 — executive officer standard scale. |
Clerical officers | 10 | €19,493- €33,274 — clerical officer scale. |
Total | 16 |
The total amount of expenses since 30 September 2004 in respect of staff in my private office is €1,529. There were no expenses in respect of my constituency office.
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