Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 282: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in respect of each Minister of State within his Department, the number of staff broken down by grade employed within their private and constituency office; the number of staff who are permanent civil servants; the number who are political appointees; the annual cost of each office in terms of salary, overtime and expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39025/05]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The breakdown of the staffing complement of those currently employed in the two Ministers of State offices at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment is outlined in the following table.

Each Minister of State also employs two civilian drivers. The drivers work alternate weeks on a week on and week off basis. The current salary for a civilian driver is €30,782 per annum. There are five permanent civil servants and four political appointees, which includes the civilian drivers, in each Minister of State's office. The estimated salary costs, overtime and expenses for each of the Minister of State's offices for 2005 are set out in the following table. It should be noted that the salary costs are inclusive of overtime payments and the civilian driver salaries. The expenses refer to travel and subsistence costs and mobile phone expenses.