Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 193: To ask the Taoiseach 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. [30633/08]

Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 194: To ask the Taoiseach the number of civil service staff dealing with constituency matters in his office; the number of civil service staff dealing with constituency matters in the offices of Junior Ministers within his Department; and the cost of salaries for these staff per annum. [31135/08]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 193 and 194 together.

The number of Staff in my Private and Constituency office and in the Offices of my Ministers of State and their costs to the Exchequer are detailed in the tables below:

The total costs also includes costing for staff under the previous Taoiseach.