Written answers
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
Department of Social and Family Affairs
Ministerial Staff
9:00 pm
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 338: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of civil servants who have worked in the constituency offices of the Minister and Ministers of State since 1997 to date in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20058/08]
Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Details of the numbers of civil servants who worked in the constituency offices of the Minister and Minister of State in this Department for the period from 1997 to date are set out in the following table:
| Period | No. of civil servants in Minister's Office | No. of civil servants in Minister of State's Office |
| January 1997 to June 1997 | 4 | 3 |
| June 1997 to June 2002 | 5* | — |
| June 2002 to September 2004 | 4 | — |
| September 2004 to June 2007 | 4 | — |
| June 2007 to May 2008 | 3 | — |
| May 2008 to date | 2** | — |
| *Includes 2 job sharing officers. | ||
| **There are currently 2 vacancies in this office. |
There was no Minister of State appointed to the Department for the period June 1997 to 10 July 2007. No staff in this Department have been assigned to the constituency office of the Minister of State with special responsibility for Older People appointed to this Department for the periods 11 July 2007 to 6 May 2008 and 13 May 2008 to date.
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