Written answers
Wednesday, 24 September 2008
Department of Finance
Departmental Staff
9:00 pm
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 324: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff broken down by grade, the number of such staff who are full time civil servants, the number of such staff who are political appointees, the cost for 2007 of each such office in terms of salary, overtime and expenses and the projected cost for 2008 of each such office in terms of salary, overtime and expenses in respect of the private and the constituency office of him and each Minister of State within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30628/08]
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The staffing of my private and constituency offices is set out below:
| Private Office | ||
| Title | Number | Civil Servant |
| Administrative Officer | 1 | Y |
| Executive Officer | 2 | Y |
| Staff Officer | 1 | Y |
| Clerical Officer | 5 | Y |
| Constituency Office | ||
| Title | Number | Civil Servant |
| Executive Officer (on Higher Executive Officer duties plus allowance retained from former duties) | 1 | Y |
| Clerical Officer | 2 | Y |
| Personal Assistant | 1 | N |
| Personal Secretary | 1 | N |
In my constituency office, there are 3 civil servants and 2 people employed on a contract basis for the duration of my tenure. All staff in my private office are permanent civil servants, with one working part-time.
In 2007, salary and related allowance payments amounted to €634,516. Overtime for the same period was €37,086. The amount paid in expenses for foreign and domestic travel, official entertainment and miscellaneous for the same period was €53,130. Currently we do not keep separate records for the Private and Constituency Offices, so it is not possible to list these costs separately.
To date in 2008, salary and related allowance payments amounted to €398,108. Overtime for the same period was €29,019. The amount paid in expenses for foreign and domestic travel, official entertainment and miscellaneous for the same period was €34,655.
In relation to the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works the information requested is supplied in the tables below.
| Minister of State's Private Office — 2007 | |||
| Tom Parlon | |||
| Title | Number | Civil Servant | Political Appointee |
| Executive Officer | 1 | Y | |
| Technical Officer | 1 | Y | |
| Staff Officer | 1 | Y | |
| Clerical Officer (not all at the same time) | 4 | Y |
Salary Costing: €109,663.55
Overtime Costing: €Nil
Expenses Costing: €11,408.71
| Noel Ahern | |||
| Title | Number | Civil Servant | Political Appointee |
| Higher Executive Officer | 1 | Y | |
| Executive Officer (1 for a short period as private secretary new private secretary at HEO level) | 2 | Y | |
| Technical Officer (for short period while EO being trained) | 1 | Y | |
| Clerical Officer (not all at the same time) | 5 | Y |
Salary Costing: €115,990.80
Overtime Costing: €2,711.65
Expenses Costing: €5,068.82
| Minister of State's Constituency Office — 2007 | |||
| Tom Parlon | |||
| Title | Number | Civil Servant | Political Appointee |
| Personal Assistant | 1 | Y | |
| Personal Secretary | 1 | Y |
Salary Costing: €46,757.17
Overtime Costing: €4,138.73
Expenses Costing: €19,790.30
| Noel Ahern | |||
| Title | Number | Civil Servant | Political Appointee |
| Personal Assistant | 1 | Y | |
| Personal Secretary | 1 | Y | |
| Executive Officer | 1 | Y | |
| Clerical Officer | 2 | Y |
Salary Costing: €109,615.67
Overtime Costing: €2,003.82
Expenses Costing: €1,040.08
| Minister of State's Private Office — 2008 | |||
| Noel Ahern | |||
| Title | Number | Civil Servant | Political Appointee |
| Higher Executive Office | 1 | Y | |
| Executive Officer | 1 | Y | |
| Clerical Officer (not all at the same time) | 3 | Y |
Salary Costing: €67,508.41
Overtime Costing: €971.05
Expenses Costing: €8,917.91
| Dr. Martin Mansergh | |||
| Title | Number | Civil Servant | Political Appointee |
| Higher Executive Office | 1 | Y | |
| Executive Office | 1 | Y | |
| Clerical Officer (not all at the same time) | 4 | Y |
Projected Salary Costing: €132,224.41
Existing Overtime Costing: €934.07 (to date)
Expenses Costing: €5,068.82 (to date)
| Minister of State's Constituency Office — 2008 | |||
| Noel Ahern | |||
| Title | Number | Civil Servant | Political Appointee |
| Personal Assistant | 1 | Y | |
| Personal Secretary | 1 | Y | |
| Executive Officer | 1 | Y | |
| Clerical Officer | 2 | Y |
Salary Costing: €85,188.48
Overtime Costing: €Nil
Expenses Costing: € Nil
| Dr. Martin Mansergh | |||
| Title | Number | Civil Servant | Political Appointee |
| Personal Assistant | 1 | Y | |
| Personal Secretary | 1 | Y |
Projected Salary Costing: €61,738.38
Existing Overtime Costing: € Nil (to date)
Expenses Costing: € Nil (to date)
2007
Each Minister of State during 2007 had two civilian drivers that cost €73,642.08 in salaries and €8,055.81 in expenses in total for the year.
2008
Each Minister of State during 2008 had two civilian drivers and the projected cost for year 2008 is €64,327.85 in salaries and actual expenses to date are €420.63.
It might be noted that the Minister of State Noel Ahern TD took up duty with responsibility for OPW on 13th June 2007 and that Minister of State Martin Mansergh TD took up duty with responsibility for OPW on 14th May 2008.
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