Written answers
Thursday, 6 November 2008
Department of Foreign Affairs
Departmental Staff
5:00 pm
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 194: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff employed in his Department whose function it is to deal with representations from his constituency; the number of these staff that are located in the constituency and in his Department; the grade and remuneration at which these staff are employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38959/08]
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 195: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff employed by Ministers of State in his Department whose function it is to deal with representations from the Ministers of State's constituency; the number of these staff who are located in the constituency and in his Department; the grade and remuneration at which these staff are employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38973/08]
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 194 and 195 together.
Responsibility for dealing with constituency representations lies with the staff of the Constituency Offices of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and of each Minister of State. The following tables set out the grades, numbers and remuneration of such staff.
| Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Micheál Martin, T.D. | ||
| Grade/Position | Number | Salary Scale |
| Personal Assistant | 1 | Secretarial Assistant Salary Scale €23,102 – €44,572 per annum |
| Personal Secretary | 1 | Executive Officer PPC Salary Scale €32,179 – €51,054 per annum |
| Executive Officer | 1 | Executive Officer PPC Salary Scale €32,179 – €51,054 per annum |
| Clerical Officer | 2 | Clerical Officer PPC Salary Scale €24,397 – €39,558 per annum |
| Total | 5 |
My Personal Assistant and Personal Secretary are based in my Constituency Office in Cork. The other staff members are based in the Department's headquarters in Dublin.
| Minister of State, Mr Dick Roche, T.D. | ||
| Grade/Position | Number | Salary Scale |
| Personal Assistant | 1 | Higher Executive Officer Standard Scale €46,558 – €59,097 per annum |
| Personal Secretary | 1 | Secretarial Assistant Salary Scale €23,102 – €44,572 per annum |
| Staff Officer | 1 | Staff Officer Standard Scale €34,941 – €46,655 per annum |
| Clerical Officer | 1 | Clerical Officer PPC Salary Scale €24,397 – €39,558 per annum |
| 1.5 | Clerical Officer Standard Scale €23,174 – €37,584 per annum | |
| 1 | Clerical Officer Higher Scale €24,255 – €38,397 per annum | |
| Total | 6.5 |
Minister Roche's Personal Secretary is based in his Constituency Office in Bray, Co. Wicklow. The other staff members are based in the Department's headquarters in Dublin.
| Minister of State, Mr Peter Power, T.D. | ||
| Grade/Position | Number | Salary Scale |
| Personal Assistant | 1 | Parliamentary Assistant Salary Scale €41,092 – €52,200 |
| Personal Secretary | 1 | Secretarial Assistant Salary Scale €23,102 – €44,572 per annum |
| Clerical Officer | 2 | Clerical Officer PPC Salary Scale €24,397 – €39,558 per annum |
| 1 | Clerical Officer Standard Scale €23,174 – €37,584 per annum | |
| Total | 5 |
Minister Power oversees the Development Cooperation Directorate, the Division of my Department which is responsible for administering the Irish Aid programme. The Division is currently decentralising to Limerick; this move will be completed next week , when staff move into a new headquarters building. Consequently, all of Minister Power's Constituency Office staff will be based in Limerick from that date.
Personal Pension Contribution (PPC) scales apply where officers were employed since 6 April 1995, pay class A rate of PRSI and make a personal pension contribution.
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