Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 1529: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources 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. [32269/10]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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The details requested in respect of staffing in my constituency offices and those of Ministers of State assigned to my Department are outlined in the tables herewith. The salary amounts include employers PRSI and overtime. Expenses are indicated where appropriate.

My Department provides network connectivity to my constituency office in Dundrum at a cost of €2,759 per annum. Costs associated with the set up of this office in 2009 amounted to €1,699. Rent costs for my constituency office are not borne by my Department.

The Minister of State assigned to my Department from June 2007 to May 2008 did not operate a constituency office either within or from my Department nor does the current Minister of State at my Department. The staff concerned work in office space shared with other staff at my Department's building on Adelaide Road. Constituency staff who occupy workstations in the Department's headquarters on Adelaide Road are accommodated in a shared open plan area for my departmental staff. The Department does not disaggregate costs for utilities based on areas occupied by different functions. The rent paid for the Department's headquarters is a matter for the Office of Public Works.