Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 552: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of political appointees and non established civil servants appointed to his Department since June 2002; the nature of the post to which each such person is appointed; the annual cost in terms of salaries or expenses in respect of each such post for each year since 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26995/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Many of the appointments in my Department arising from the normal recruitment process are made in an unestablished capacity. I assume that the Question relates to temporary unestablished civil servants appointed to provide support services to Ministers. The following are the total number of posts (based on whole time equivalents) occupied in my Department on the basis of appointments by Ministers and Ministers of State for the years 2002 to date:

In relation to the individual salary costs of each such appointment, the salary scales for all administrative grades (except Secretarial Assistants) are available on the Department of Finance website (www.finance.gov.ie). Circular 7/2006 sets out the current salary scales.

The Weekly salary scale (incremental) for Secretarial Assistants as at 1 June 2006 is:

The total annual costs of salaries and expenses for these appointments in each of the years 2002 to date is set out in the following table:

Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 553: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government 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; the number who are political appointees; the annual cost of each such office in terms of salary, overtime and expenses in respect of each Minister of State allocated to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27010/06]

Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 554: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of staff broken down by grade employed within his private office and his constituency office; the number of such 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [27025/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 553 and 554 together.

The staffing composition of my private and constituency offices (detailing permanent civil servants and temporary unestablished civil servants) are set out in the following tables.

Annual salary costs for the above staff based on the rates of pay at 1 June 2006 amounts to €608,823.44. Overtime and travel and subsistence is paid as the need arises in accordance with Department of Finance Guidelines. To date in 2006, this has amounted to €12,707.35 and €7,967.96 respectively. The staffing composition of the private and constituency offices of both Ministers of State at my Department are set out in the following tables.

Annual salary costs for the above staff based on the rates of pay at 1 June 2006 amounts to €372,299.21. Overtime and travel and subsistence amounted to €4,457.82 to date in 2006.

Annual salary costs for the above staff based on the rates of pay at 1 June 2006 amounts to €288,104.55. Overtime and travel and subsistence amounted to €4,803.76 and €3,523.11 respectively to date in 2006.