Written answers
Tuesday, 13 November 2007
Department of Social and Family Affairs
Ministerial Staff
9:00 pm
Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 272: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the names, titles and annual salaries of each of the political advisers, press officers, assistants or other political appointees who were employed by his Department on 1 November 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28157/07]
Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 273: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the names, titles and annual salaries of each of the political advisers, press officers, assistants or other staff appointed by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28172/07]
Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 272 and 273 together.
The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following tables.
| Table A — position at 1st November 2002 | ||
| Name | Title | Salary Scale |
| Mel Cousins | Special Adviser | Principal Higher Scale |
| Tom Reddy | Press Adviser | Principal |
| Bridget Byrne | Personal Secretary to Minister Mary Coughlan | Secretarial Assistant |
| Kathleen Ayres | Personal Assistant to Minister Mary Coughlan | Higher Executive Officer |
| Marina Gaffney | Clerical Officer | Clerical Officer |
| Table B – position at 13 November 2007 | ||
| Name | Title | Salary Scale |
| Michelle Hoctor | Press Adviser | Principal |
| Inez O'Neill | Personal Secretary to Minister Martin Cullen | Secretarial Assistant |
| Sean Dower | Personal Assistant to Minister Martin Cullen | Higher Executive Officer |
| Pat Daly | Constituency Assistant to Minister Martin Cullen | Higher Executive Officer |
Pay scales for administrative grades are available on the Department of Finance website (www.finance.gov.ie). The pay scale, in November 2002, for Secretarial Assistants was in the range €17,469.34 to €32,475.76.
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