Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 141: To ask the Taoiseach in respect of each Minister of State within his Department, the number of staff broken down by grade employed within their private and constituency offices; 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. [39019/05]

Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)
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The number of staff employed in the office of the Minister of State and Government Chief Whip and in the office of the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs with special responsibility for European affairs, their grades, salaries, overtime and expenses paid are detailed in the following tables. The salaries include the pay increase due on 1 December 2005 under the terms of the Sustaining Progress agreement.