Written answers
Wednesday, 28 January 2009
Department of An Taoiseach
Ministerial Staff
9:00 pm
Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 138: To ask the Taoiseach the cost, in tabular format, including salary and pension payments, of each of the programme managers, special advisers, assistants or other staff appointed by him in 2007 post-election and 2008; the names, titles and duties of each of the staff appointed during these periods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2618/09]
Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy relating to staff appointed by me since my appointment as Taoiseach on 7 May 2008, are detailed in the schedule:
| Name | Title | Annual Salary |
| € | ||
| **Joe Lennon | Programme Manager/Special Adviser | **221,929 |
| Gerry Steadman | Special Adviser | 131,748 |
| Brian Murphy | Special Adviser | 131,748 |
| *Declan Ryan | Special Adviser* | 94,785 |
| *Peter Clinch | Special Adviser* | 204,952 |
| Oliver O Connor | Special Adviser (to the Minister for Health & Children) | 177,547 |
| *Padraig Slyne | Special Adviser (to the Government Chief Whip)* | 96,555 |
| Sineád Dooley | Personal Assistant | 53,354 |
| Peter Lenehan | Personal Assistant | 49,685 |
| Annette McManus | Personal Assistant | 61,082 |
| Denise Kavanagh | Personal Assistant | 46,558 |
| John Sheridan | Personal Assistant | 55,030 |
| Yvonne Graham | Personal Assistant | 55,030 |
| Sarah McLoughlin | Personal Assistant | 47,973 |
| Aoife Ní Lochlainn | Personal Assistant | 66,179 |
| ***Margaret Fogarty | Secretarial Assistant to Government Chief Whip and Minister of State [Finglas Office] | 20,239 |
| ***Linda Weir | Secretarial Assistant to Government Chief Whip and Minister of State [Finglas Office] | 21,398 |
| Elaine Hogan | Personal Secretary [Tullamore Office] | 40,479 |
| Colette Waters | Personal Secretary [Tullamore Office] | 39,351 |
| Eoghan O Neachtain | Government Press Secretary | 150,712 |
| *Mark Costigan | Deputy Government Press Secretary* | 111,818 |
| John Downing | Deputy Government Press Secretary | 118,759 |
| *These members of staff, are not members of a civil service pension scheme, they receive a contribution towards their pension fund of 11% of their salary, which they arrange separately. All other staff are members of the Civil Service pension schemes, for whom separate superannuation arrangements are in place for which the Department of Finance has responsibility. | ||
| **Mr. Joe Lennon, Programme Manager/Special Adviser has made a gift of €22,193 being part of his emoluments from his employment in 2009 for use for any purpose for or towards the cost of which public moneys are provided, and the Minister for Finance has accepted the gift. The salary mentioned above is the total salary prior to the making of the gift. | ||
| ***On 50% worksharing basis. |
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