Written answers
Tuesday, 25 November 2008
Department of Finance
Ministerial Staff
10:00 pm
John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 198: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons employed in his private office and his constituency offices; the annual amount paid in respect of salaries and expenses in regard to each such office in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42904/08]
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The staffing of my private and constituency office is set out as follows:
| Private Office | ||
| Title | Number | Annual Salary Range |
| Administrative Officer | 1 | €45,510 – €64,296 |
| Executive Officer | 2 | €30,566 – €50,510 |
| Staff Officer | 1 | €34,941 – €46,655 |
| Clerical Officer* | 5 | €23,174 – €40,417 |
| *Including 1 work sharing. |
| Constituency Office | ||
| Title | Number | Annual Salary Range |
| Executive Officer (on Higher Executive Officer duties) | 1 | €46,558 – €59,097 plus allowance retained from former duties |
| Clerical Officer | 2 | €23,174 – €40,417 |
| Personal Assistant | 1 | €46,558 – €55,030 |
| Personal Secretary | 1 | €23,181 – €44,726 |
To date in 2008, salary and related allowance payments in my office amounted to €511,697. Overtime for the same period is €43,135. The amount paid in expenses for foreign and domestic travel (including attendance by the Minister and officials at monthly ECOFIN meetings), official entertainment and miscellaneous for the same period was €51,861. This expenditure covers costs incurred on behalf of staff in the offices and by the two Ministers who have had charge of the Office during that period. The financial reporting system currently in use in my Department does not differentiate between costs incurred in the Private and Constituency Offices.
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