Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 164: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of funding given to the Minister for Integration's Office directly as a proportion of the annual budget given to the Minister for Integration for 2007, 2008 and for 2009. [41914/08]

Conor Lenihan (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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The meaning of this question is unclear but, from clarification given on the Deputy's behalf yesterday, I understand that the information being sought is the cost of my private (including constituency) office in relation to the overall cost of the Office of the Minister for Integration.

The costs of my private (including constituency) office are not accounted for separately. However, I can inform the Deputy that, in this office, there are 1 higher executive officer (HEO), 2 executive officers (EO) and 5 clerical officers (CO) as well as 2 personal staff, 1 at HEO and 1 at EO level. I do not envisage any increase in these numbers in 2009. The salary scales for these grades are: HEO — €46,558 to €61,082; EO — €30,566 to €50,410; and CO — €23,174 to €38,397.

The overall amounts in the subhead for the Office of the Minister for Integration for the years referred to are: 2007 — €1.586 million; 2008 — €9.293 million; and 2009 — €6.889 million.