Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 1771: To ask the Minister for Defence 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. [32271/10]

Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is as follows:

Personal Pension Contribution (PPC) scales apply where officers were employed since 6 April 1995, pay class A rate PRSI and make a personal pension contribution. Overtime, travel and subsistence expenses are paid at standard Civil Service Rates and in accordance to Civil Service Regulations.

The employment contract of the non-established officers referred to is coterminous with the appointment of the relevant office holder. Infirmary Road is a State-owned building, currently occupied by the Department of Defence. The Office of Public Works has indicated that it is not possible at this time to apply a notional rent to the space apportioned to the Offices of the Minister. The costs associated with the accommodation of staff based in constituency offices are met by the Minister's own resources and supplemented by the Constituency Office Maintenance Allowance available to all Deputies. All costs in relation to the Ministers of State's constituency office are borne by Department of the Taoiseach.