Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 545: To ask the Minister for Education and Science 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 she will make a statement on the matter. [35310/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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There are eight staff working in my private office and five staff working in my constituency office, as follows. In my private office there is one principal officer, one private secretary at higher executive officer level, two executive officers, four clerical officers and one special adviser at principal officer level. In my constituency office there is one higher executive officer, one staff officer, working on a half-time basis, two clerical officers, one personal assistant at higher executive officer level and one personal secretary. All these staff are permanent civil servants except for my special adviser, personal assistant and personal secretary.

The annual cost of these offices is as follows. Private office, €408,177; constituency office, €237,486. The amount paid in respect of salary, overtime and expenses for these staff is in accordance with the salary scales and travel and subsistence rates approved by the Department of Finance.