Written answers
Tuesday, 28 June 2005
Department of Transport
Ministerial Staff
10:00 pm
Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 471: To ask the Minister for Transport the names, titles, dates of appointment, total annual salary, including pension contributions, of each of the special or political advisers, personal assistants or personal secretaries appointed by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22548/05]
Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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Details of staff employed by the Minister and the Minister of State at the Department of Transport, as requested by the Deputy, are as follows. There are no political advisers employed in the Department of Transport.
| Ministerial staff. | ||||
| Number | Name | Position | Date appointed | Salary scale |
| 1 | Sean Dower | Personal assistant | 30/9/2004 | €40,543 —€51,463 |
| 1 | Inez O'Neill | Personal secretary | 30/9/2004 | €386.87 — 746.41 p.w. |
| 1 | Colin Hunt | Special adviser, programme manager | 8/11/2004 | â'¬134,948 p.a. |
| 1 | Dan Pender | Press adviser | 30/9/2004 | €75,036 —€92,813 |
| 1 | Pat Daly | Personal administrative assistant | 30/9/2004 | â'¬47,921p.a. |
| Minister of State staff. | ||||
| Number | Name | Position | Date appointed | Salary scale |
| 1 | Niall Phelan | Personal assistant | 30/9/2004 | €40,543 —€51,463 |
| 1 | Patricia Smith | Personal secretary | 30/9/2004 | €386.87 —€746.41 p.w. |
The contracts for the above are fixed-term contracts, set to expire when the Minister ceases to hold office. The contracts contain the standard terms and conditions as approved by the Department of Finance, including conditions for pension contributions, which are deducted from the annual salary. Copies of these contracts are held in the Oireachtas Library.
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