Written answers
Tuesday, 22 November 2005
Department of Agriculture and Food
Ministerial Staff
10:00 pm
Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 461: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food 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 who are political appointees; the annual cost of each such office in terms of salary, overtime and expenses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35308/05]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The following table breaks down the numbers in my private and constituency office:
| Grade | Number of Posts | Salary Scale |
| â'¬ | ||
| Special Adviser | 1 | 57,630-71,859 — Assistant Principal Officer scale + 10% allowance |
| Private Secretary | 1 | 40,543-51,463 — Higher Executive Officer scale + 18,015 allowance |
| Personal Assistant | 1 | 43,000-53,191 — Higher Executive Officer Scale |
| Personal Secretary | 1 | 20,186-38,948 — Secretarial Assistants salary scale + 10% allowance |
| Executive Officers | 2 | 26,618-42,238 — Executive Officer scale |
| Clerical Officers | 8 | 21,245-34,448 — Clerical Officer Salary Scale |
| Temporary Clerical Officer | 2 | 20,181-32,728 — Full PRSI Clerical Officer Salary Scale |
| Total | 16 |
Three staff members — a personal assistant, a personal secretary and clerical officer — are non-civil servants employed on a contract basis. Expenses relating to my office since January, 2005 total €6,755.69. Overtime relating to my office since January 2005 totals €23,108.68.
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