Paul Connaughton Snr (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 279: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the allowance paid to the office provider for the social welfare office at Ballinasloe, County Galway for the past nine years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22872/06]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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There are currently 66 Social Welfare Branch Offices at various locations throughout the country. Each Branch Office is operated and managed by a Branch Manager who is required to act as an agent for the Department in the area served by the office.

Under the terms and conditions of their appointment Branch Managers are required to provide suitable premises and such clerical support as may be necessary for the satisfactory performance of the work of the Department.

Branch Managers' remuneration is calculated having regard to the claim load of the particular office. The remuneration paid to the Branch Manager in Ballinasloe for 2005, i.e. the last complete year available, was €119,367. Since being appointed to the position in September 1996, the Manager has received total gross payments amounting to €1,066,937.