Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 1233: To ask the Minister for Social Protection 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. [32279/10]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Constituency staff salary and expenses details, in respect of the Minister's constituency office staff during my term, to date, and those of my predecessors, since 14th June 2007, are shown in the following tabular statement.

No premises or utility costs were incurred by the Department in relation to the constituency office of former Minister, Martin Cullen, in Waterford City, nor in relation to my current constituency office in Galway. The constituency office of Minister Mary Hanafin T.D. was based in the Department's premises in Áras Mhic Dhiarmada, Dublin 1, during the period May 2008 to March 2010. It is not possible to apportion the costs of either the office accommodation or the provision of utilities and related expenses, in respect of the constituency office, during this period.