Written answers
Wednesday, 7 December 2005
Department of Agriculture and Food
Departmental Staff
9:00 pm
Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 180: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of staff broken down by grade employed within the private and constituency office; the number of staff who are permanent civil servants; 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. [38333/05]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The following table shows the breakdown of the numbers in my private and constituency office.
| Grade | Number of Posts | Salary Scale |
| 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 |
The following three staff members are non-civil servants employed on a contract basis, namely, a personal assistant, a personal secretary and a temporary clerical officer.
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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