Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons employed in her private office and her 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 her Department; the annual amount paid in respect of salaries and expenses in regard to each office in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46381/09]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table.

It should be noted that:

The figures provided for salary are exclusive of Employers PRSI and Employers Superannuation Costs;

There is one officer in Minister Harney's Private Office who is currently on maternity leave;

There is one additional officer working in Minister Andrews Private Office and one additional officer working in Minister of State Moloney's Private Office who are on loan from the Department of Education and Science (and are not included in the above table);

My Department has loaned an officer (listed above) to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food who is working for Minister of State Sargent, the salary figure provided for this officer represents the mid-point of the scale;

The figures provided for Minister Andrew's Private Office are inclusive of one officer who is on a temporary transfer into the Office to provide cover for maternity leave.

The expenses listed relate to the personal expenses incurred by individual staff members (e.g. subsistence payments) and do not take account of official expenses such as air travel or bills paid by the Department of Foreign Affairs.