Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 342: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff broken down by grade employed within the private office and the constituency office; the number of such staff who are permanent civil servants and the number that are political appointees; the annual cost of each such office in terms of salary, overtime and expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35300/05]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The staffing of my private office and constituency office is set out in the following tables. To date in 2005, overtime, salary-related allowances and allowance payments amount to €50,804. The amount paid in expenses, foreign and domestic travel, official entertainment and miscellaneous for the same period amounts to €48,079. Additional to the staff listed are four clerical officers, two of whom workshare, who provide typing and administrative support services to my private office, the constituency office and to the Department of Finance press office. Their salaries range from €21,245 to €34,448. The personal assistant and personal secretary in my constituency office are employed on an unestablished contract basis for the duration of my tenure as Minister for Finance. All other staff in my private office and constituency office are permanent civil servants and details are set out as follows: