Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 1610: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 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. [32268/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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In response to the Deputy's question, I have detailed the number of persons (in terms of full-time equivalents) employed in my Constituency Office, that of my predecessor, Minister of State Sean Connick and the previous Ministers of State who have held office in this Department since 14th June 2007. The tables below detail the amount of salaries and expenses (including overtime, allowances and travel & subsistence) to each individual.

Neither I or my predecessor or any of the Ministers of State occupy Constituency Offices on Department property.

The following table shows costs related to the Constituency Offices of the current Minister, current Ministers of Sate and Constituency Offices of their predecessors while they were attached to this Department.

The costs included relate to data networking, and telephone costs including installation, rental, call charges and miscellaneous charges.