Written answers
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
Department of Agriculture and Food
Ministerial Staff
9:00 pm
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 387: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [20047/08]
Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table.
| Term of Office | Number of Civil Servants | |
| Ministers | ||
| 1997 – 2002 | Joe Walsh | 4.70 |
| 2002 – 2004 | Joe Walsh | 4.70 |
| 2004 – 2008 | Mary Coughlan, TD | 2.80 |
| 2008 – to date | Brendan Smith, TD | 2.00 |
| Ministers of State | ||
| 2007 – to date | Trevor Sargent, TD | 2.00 |
| 2008 – to date | Tony Killeen, TD | 0.00 |
| 2004 – 2008 | Mary Wallace, TD | 1.00 |
| 2004 – 2008 | John Browne, TD | 2.00 |
| 2004 – 2007 | Brendan Smith, TD | 2.00 |
| 2002 – 2004 | Liam Aylward | 0.00 |
| 2002 – 2004 | Noel Treacy, TD | 0.00 |
| 1997 – 2002 | Eamon O'Cuiv, TD | 4.00 |
| 1997 – 2002 | Noel Davern, TD | 4.25 |
| 1997 – 2001 | Ned O'Keeffe, TD | 5.00 |
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