Written answers

Wednesday, 9 December 2009

Department of Finance

Ministerial Staff

10:00 pm

Photo of Paul KehoePaul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons employed in his private office and his constituency office; the annual amount paid in respect of salaries and expenses in regard to each office in tabular form; the number of persons employed in the private and constituency offices of the Ministers of State in his Department; the annual amount paid in respect of salaries and expenses in regard to each office in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46379/09]

Photo of Brian Lenihan JnrBrian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The staffing of my private and constituency office is set out below:

Private Office

Title Number Annual Salary Range

Higher Executive Officer 1 €46,558 - €59,097 (plus allowance as Private Secretary

to Minister of €20,687 p.a.)

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

Clerical Officer 2 €23,174 - €40,417

Personal Assistant 1 €46,558 – €55,030

Personal Secretary 1 €23,181 – €44,726

Salary and related allowance payments in my office amounted to €562,648 in 2009. The amount paid in expenses for foreign and domestic travel, official entertainment and miscellaneous for the same period was €14,263. This expenditure covers costs incurred on behalf of staff in the offices and by the Minister 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.

I should point out that the staffing level in both my Private Office and Constituency Office is well below the Guidelines on the Staffing of Ministerial Offices.

As Minister of State assigned to more than one Department, Minister Mansergh is authorised under the Guidelines a maximum number of 9 staff in the Private Office and no more than 5 staff in his Constituency Office. The Minister of State may also appoint 2 civilian drivers (additional to the numbers above). Within these parameters, the Minister of State may appoint only 1 Personal Secretary, 1 Personal Assistant. Currently, Minister Mansergh has 1 Private Secretary and 3 staff, giving a total of 4 staff in his Private Office. In his Constituency Office, he has 1 Personal Secretary and 1 Personal Assistant. The Minister has also appointed 2 civilian drivers. I am advised by the Office of Public Works that the following staff are employed in the Private and Constituency Offices of Minister of State, Martin Mansergh:

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