Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 937: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform, 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. [32278/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The current staffing of my constituency office, and their salary ranges, is as follows:

The staffing of the constituency office of my predecessor, Mr. Brian Lenihan, T.D., when he ceased office in this Department in May 2008, and the salary ranges of the staff concerned, is as follows:

There are currently no Ministers of State serving in my Department. I can assure the Deputy that the staffing of the constituency offices as outlined above adheres to guidelines set down by the Department of Finance. Staff in constituency offices are entitled to travel and subsistence expenses in accordance with relevant Department of Finance Circulars. However, these staff are office-based and travel expenses rarely arise. The accommodation costs of Ministerial constituency offices in the Department's Head Offices in Dublin are subsumed in the Department's overall accommodation costs, which are met by the Office of Public Works.