Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 1427: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government 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 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 he will provide the same information for Ministers of State attached to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32274/10]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The information requested in respect of staff employed in Ministerial constituency offices is set out in the following tables:

Staffing arrangements for the Office of the Minister of State with responsibility for Older People, Aine Brady, T.D, and her predecessor Maire Hoctor T.D., are matters for the Department of Health and Children. Similarly, staffing arrangements for Ciaran Cuffe, T.D., Minister of State with special responsibility for Sustainable Transport, Horticulture and Planning and Heritage are dealt with by the Department of Transport. These Ministers of State do not, or did not, have constituency offices in my Department.

The salary scales for all administrative grades are available on the Department of Finance website (www.finance.gov.ie).

The following travel and subsistence costs were payable in the 2004-2010 period in respect of Ministerial Constituency offices:

The Constituency offices are located in the Custom House, which is in State ownership, with the exception of 1 Clerical Officer who is located in Minister of State Finneran's constituency office in Roscommon and for which my Department does not incur accommodation costs.

My Department does not hold any information on the current estimated value of the offices which are matters appropriate to the Office of Public Works (OPW).

Utilities and essential services costs are charged to the Ministerial subheads as a whole and cannot be broken down between Ministerial constituency and Private offices.

The following Miscellaneous costs for Ministerial Constituency offices since 2004 have been identified:-

In addition the following printing and office machinery costs in respect of Constituency Offices have been identified: