Written answers
Thursday, 13 November 2008
Department of Foreign Affairs
Ministerial Staff
5:00 pm
Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 180: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of people he and his Ministers of State have appointed to work with them; the number located in their constituency offices and in their Department; the responsibility of each; the rank, salary scale and name in each case; if they are elected to city, county, town or borough councils; if they are members of State boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40423/08]
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Details of the numbers of staff personally appointed by me and by the Ministers of State in my Department are set out in the following tables.
| Numbers of personally-appointed staff in each office | ||
| Private Office | Constituency Office | |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Micheál Martin, T.D. | 2 personal appointees | 2 personal appointees |
| Minister of State, Mr Peter Power, T.D. | 3 personal appointees | 2 personal appointees |
| Minister of State, Mr Dick Roche, T.D. | 3 personal appointees | 2 personal appointees |
The number of staff assigned to Ministers' Offices in the Department of Foreign Affairs complies with the relevant Department of Finance guidelines.
The following table sets out the names, responsibilities and remuneration of each of these staff. All of these staff have been contracted under terms and conditions of employment set by the Minister for Finance and are employed on a full-time basis. Their appointments will terminate no later than the date on which I and my Minister of State colleagues cease to hold office as Ministers.
| Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Micheál Martin, T.D. | ||
| Name | Responsibility | Remuneration |
| Ms. Deirdre Gillane | Policy Adviser | Principal Officer standard scale: €86,168 – €100,191 |
| Mr. Christy Mannion | Special Adviser | Principal Officer standard scale: €86,168 – €100,191 plus a 10% attraction allowance |
| Ms. Elizabeth O'Donoghue | Personal Assistant | Secretarial Assistant Salary Scale: €23,102 – €44,572 per annum plus a 10% attraction allowance |
| Ms. Susan Kinsella | Personal Secretary | Executive Officer PPC Salary Scale: €32,179 – €51,054 per annum |
| Minister of State, Mr Dick Roche, T.D. | ||
| Name | Responsibility | Remuneration |
| Mr. David Grant | Special Adviser | Principal Officer standard scale: €86,168 – €100,191 |
| Ms. Geraldine Cole | Personal Assistant | Higher Executive Officer Standard Scale: €46,558 – €59,097 per annum |
| Ms. Ciara Furlong | Personal Secretary | Secretarial Assistant Salary Scale: €23,102 – €44,572 per annum plus a 10% attraction allowance |
| Mr. Francis Rickard | Civilian Driver | Civilian Driver Salary: €34,706 per annum |
| Mr. Noel Keyes | Civilian Driver | Civilian Driver Salary: €34,706 per annum |
| Minister of State, Mr Peter Power, T.D. | ||
| Name | Responsibility | Remuneration |
| Mr. Jerry O'Connor | Special Adviser | Principal Officer standard scale: €86,168 – €100,191 |
| Mr. Brian Stokes | Personal Assistant | Parliamentary Assistant Salary Scale: €41,092 – €52,200 per annum plus a 10% attraction allowance |
| Ms. Susan Coleman | Personal Secretary | Secretarial Assistant Salary Scale: €23,102 – €44,572 per annum plus a 10% attraction allowance |
| Mr. Tony Connolly | Civilian Driver | Civilian Driver Salary: €34,706 per annum |
| Mr. Frank Ryan | Civilian Driver | Civilian Driver Salary: €34,706 per annum |
Mr. David Grant, Special Adviser to Minister of State Dick Roche, is a member of Bray Town Council. No other staff appointed by me or by the Ministers of State in my Department have been elected to city, county, town or borough councils, nor are any of them members of State boards.
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