Written answers
Tuesday, 8 July 2008
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Ministerial Staff
11:00 pm
Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 878: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the names, date of appointment and annual salary of all special advisors appointed to his Department. [26591/08]
Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 879: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of staff in his Press Office; and the rank and the annual salary of each. [26606/08]
Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 880: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of staff employed in his constituency office; and the rank and the annual salary of each. [26621/08]
John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 878 to 880, inclusive, together.
The information requested is set out in the tables below:
| Special Advisers | |||
| Name | Title | Salary | Date of Initial Appointment* |
| € | |||
| Ryan Meade | Special Adviser | 84,066 | 14 June, 2007. |
| David Healy | Special Adviser | 84,066 | 17 July, 2007. |
| Liam Reid | Special Adviser:Press and Information Officer | 97,747 | 9 July, 2007. |
| Donal Geoghegan** | Special Adviser: Programme Manager for the Green Party | 173,217 | 2 July, 2007. |
| *Re-appointed on 7 May, 2008. | |||
| **Mr. Geoghegan's salary is paid from my Department's vote but he is based in the Department of the Taoiseach. |
| Press Office | |
| Number Full Time Equivalents | Grade |
| 1 | Special Adviser-Press and Information Officer-Principal Officer Salary Scale |
| 1 | Higher Executive Officer |
| 1 | Executive Officer |
| 1 | Clerical Officer |
| Constituency Office | |
| Number Full Time Equivalents | Grade |
| 1 | Personal Assistant-Higher Executive Officer salary scale |
| 1 | Personal Secretary-Executive Officer salary scale |
| 2 | Executive Officers |
| 2 | Clerical Officers |
The salary scales for all administrative grades are available on the Department of Finance website (www.finance.gov.ie).
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