Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 160: To ask the Taoiseach in respect of the current year in terms of full-time equivalents the number of persons employed in his, or if applicable his predecessors', constituency office; the annual amount paid in respect of salaries and expenses to each individual; the location or locations of such constituency office; if those offices are on departmental property, to state the office space dedicated to such an office and the estimated value of same; the estimated cost of the provision of utilities, services and other miscellaneous costs to the office; if he will provide the same information for 2008, 2009 and from 14 June to the end of 2007; if he will provide the same information for Ministers of State attached to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32280/10]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the cost to my Department of salaries and expenses for staff employed in my Constituency Office, the Constituency Office of the Ministers of State in my Department and those of my predecessor and the Ministers of State attached to my Department from June 2007 to date are set out in the attached tables.

The tables also provide details of the miscellaneous costs attributed to Constituency Offices such as stationery and office equipment consumables, but it should be noted that the costs such as utilities and general services are not apportioned on an individual office basis but cover the whole Department.

My Department does not hold information on office space occupied by Constituency Offices based outside my Department and estimated values of office space for Constituency Offices, whether based in my Department or elsewhere, are also not available.

Mr. Dick Roche T.D. is Minister of State at my Department and at the Department of Foreign Affairs with special responsibility for European Affairs. Mr. Dara Calleary T.D. was appointed Minister of State at my Department with special responsibility for Public Transformation on 23rd March, 2010. Neither of these Ministers of State have constituency offices based in my Department.