Written answers
Tuesday, 22 November 2005
Department of Foreign Affairs
Ministerial Staff
10:00 pm
Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 372: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff, by grade, employed within the private office and the constituency office; the number of such staff who are permanent civil servants and the number who 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. [35302/05]
Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The accompanying tables set out the number of personnel in my private and constituency offices, their grades and remuneration.
| Private Office. | ||
| Grade/Position | Number | Remuneration |
| Special Adviser (non-established) | 1 | Principal Officer scale €75,036-€92,813 |
| Personal Secretary (non-established) | 1 | Executive Officer (higher) scale €26,618-€43,897 |
| Private Secretary | 1 | First Secretary scale €57,630-€71,859 |
| Higher Executive Officer | 1 | Higher Executive Officer scale €40,543-€51,463 |
| Executive Officer | 1 | Executive Officer scale €26,618-€42,238 |
| Clerical Officer | 5 | Clerical Officer scale €21,245-€34,448 |
| Total | 10 |
| Constituency Office. | ||
| Grade/Position | Number | Remuneration |
| Personal Assistant (non-established) | 1 | Higher Executive Officer scale €40,543-€51,463 |
| Executive Officer | 1 | Executive Officer scale €28,021-€44,458 |
| Clerical Officer | 2 | Clerical Officer scale €21,245-€34,448 |
| Clerical Officer | 1 | Clerical Officer scale €20,181-€32,728 |
| Total | 5 |
The employment contracts of the non-established officers referred to in the tables are coterminous with my appointment as Minister for Foreign Affairs. Overtime, travel and subsistence expenses are paid in accordance with normal Civil Service regulations.
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