Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 1404: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport in respect of the current year in terms of full-time equivalents the number of persons employed in her, or if applicable her predecessors', constituency office; the annual amount paid in respect of salaries and expenses to each individual; the location or locations of such constituency offices; 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 she will provide the same information for Ministers of State attached to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32282/10]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The current staffing of my constituency office is as follows:

1 Personal Assistant at HEO level

2 Executive Officers 1 Staff Officer

1 Personal Secretary at Secretarial Assistant level

All of these staff are paid at normal civil service rates applicable to these grades. In addition, my Personal Secretary is paid an attraction allowance of 10 % of salary. To date since my appointment as Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport no expenses have been paid to any of these staff. The staffing of my constituency office adheres to Department of Finance guidelines on these matters.

All the above staff are based at my Department's office at Kildare Street Dublin 2. The current office space assigned to the staff in my constituency office is estimated at 657 square feet. As the Department's offices are owned by the Office of Public Works I am not in a position to give an estimated value of this office space. Neither is it possible to provide an estimated cost of the provision of utilities, services and other miscellaneous costs to the office since records are not maintained on a basis that would allow such a breakdown.

The Constituency Office Staff of former Minister Martin Cullen immediately prior to his resignation as Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism were as follows:

1 Staff Officer

1 Personal Assistant at HEO level

1 Constituency Assistant at HEO level

1 Personal Secretary.

Of these his Personal Assistant, Constituency Assistant and Personal Secretary were located at his Waterford office.

Again all of these staff were paid at the normal civil service rates applicable and his personal secretary was paid an additional allowance of 10% of his salary.

The expenses paid to Minister Cullen's constituency office staff in 2010 was €816.15 in total.

The cost of the constituency office in terms of salary costs and expenses for the former Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism for years 2008, 2009 and from 14 June to the end of 2007 is set out in the table below:

The staffing of the Minister's constituency office in the former Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism for year end 2007 to 2009 was as follows:

Constituency Office Staff 2007

0.8 Executive Officer

1 Staff Officer

2 Clerical Officers

1 Personal Assistant at HEO level

1 Personal Secretary

Constituency Office Staff 2008

1 Staff Officer

1 Clerical Officer

1 Personal Secretary

1 Personal Assistant at HEO level

1 Constituency Assistant at HEO level

Constituency Office Staff 2009

1 Staff Officer

1 Personal Assistant at HEO level

1 Constituency Assistant at HEO level

1 Personal Secretary

The Minister of State at my Department, Mr Martin Mansergh, T.D, does not have constituency office facilities at my Department's offices.