Written answers
Wednesday, 9 May 2012
Department of Education and Skills
Ministerial Staff
9:00 pm
Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 61: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the staffing levels of the private offices and constituency offices of Ministers and Ministers of State in his Department; the salary of each; the same figures for this time in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23171/12]
Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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At a Government meeting held on the 15th March, 2011, it was decided to reduce the number of staff permitted in Minister's Private Offices from 10 to 8 and Minister of State's Private Offices from 7 to 5. The number of staff permitted in Minister's Constituency Offices was reduced from 6 to 4 and Ministers of State's Constituency Offices from 5 to 3. The staffing of these offices at my Department is in accordance with the new guidelines.
The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table.
MINISTER – Private and Constituency Offices
MAY 2011 | NUMBER OF STAFF (*FTE) | +GROSS ANNUAL SALARY COST |
PRIVATE OFFICE | 8 | €434,060 |
CONSTITUENCY OFFICE | 4 | €193,881 |
May 2012 | NUMBER OF STAFF | GROSS ANNUAL SALARY COST |
PRIVATE OFFICE | 8 | €438,983 |
CONSTITUENCY OFFICE | 4 | €195,097 |
Minister of State Ciarán Cannon, T.D. – Private and Constituency Offices
May 2011 | NUMBER OF STAFF | GROSS ANNUAL SALARY COST |
PRIVATE OFFICE | 5 | €213,548 |
CONSTITUENCY OFFICE | *2.8 | €120,613 |
May 2012 | NUMBER OF STAFF | GROSS ANNUAL SALARY COST |
PRIVATE OFFICE | 4 | €177,875 |
CONSTITUENCY OFFICE | 3 | €126,037 |
Private Secretary appointed on 7th June, 2011, to Mr Seán Sherlock, T.D., Minister of State for Research & Innovation in the Department of Education & Skills
GROSS ANNUAL SALARY COST | |
May 2012 | €58,273 |
* Full time equivalent
+ The salaries paid to the civil servants are in accordance with the Department of Finance salary scales for the relevant grades. The salaries paid to the non-civil servant staff are in accordance with the Department of Finance Instructions relating to the Appointment of Ministerial Private Office Staff.
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