Written answers
Wednesday, 24 September 2008
Department of Foreign Affairs
Departmental Staff
9:00 pm
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 1055: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs 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. [30629/08]
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The requested details for my Department during the periods in question are set out in tabular form:
| Numbers of staff by grade (Private and Constituency Offices) | |||
| Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Micheál Martin, T.D. | Minister of State, Mr. Dick Roche, T.D. | Minister of State, Mr. Peter Power, T.D. | |
| Private Secretary | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Higher Executive Officer | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Executive Officer | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Staff Officer | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Clerical Officer | 6 | 6.3 | 5.6 |
| Special Advisor | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Personal Assistant | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Personal Secretary | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Civilian Driver | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 15 | 13.3 | 12.6 |
| Numbers and breakdown of staff in each office | ||
| Private Office | Constituency Office | |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Micheál Martin, T.D. | 10 (8 civil servants, 2 personal appointees) | 5 (3 civil servants, 2 personal appointees) |
| Minister of State, Mr. Peter Power, T.D. | 7.6 (4.6 civil servants, 3 personal appointees) | 5 (3 civil servants, 2 personal appointees) |
| Minister of State, Mr. Dick Roche, T.D. | 6.8 (3.8 civil servants, 3 personal appointees) | 6.5 (4.5 civil servants, 2 personal appointees) |
| Estimated costs at each office | ||||
| 2007 | 2008 (projected) | |||
| Private | Constituency | Private | Constituency | |
| € | € | € | € | |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | 591,425 | 280,912 | 558,300 | 193,080 |
| Minister of State for European Affairs | 439,783 | 241,871 | 414,520 | 224,056 |
| Minister of State for Development Cooperation | 270,182 | 173,550 | 315,757 | 198,767 |
I would point out that the number of staff assigned to Ministers' Offices in the Department of Foreign Affairs complies with the relevant Department of Finance guidelines.
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