Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 122: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government 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. [23172/12]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Staffing of my private and constituency offices and that of my colleague, Ms. Jan O'Sullivan, T.D., Minister of State, is in accordance with the agreed reduced staffing numbers set out in the Instructions on Ministerial Appointments for the 31st Dáil and the Guidelines on Staffing of Ministerial Offices of March 2011.

During the period in question, former Minister of State Penrose held office from 10 March 2011 to 16 November 2011 and subsequently Minister of State O'Sullivan took up office on 20 December 2011. Minister of State O'Dowd has no staff assigned to his office in my Department.

The current staffing of my private and constituency offices and the levels of staffing for the same period in 2011 (May 2011) are set out in the following table:

The current staffing of Minister of State O'Sullivan's private and constituency offices and staffing for the same period in 2011, under former Minister of State Penrose, are set out in the following table:

*Minister O'Sullivan, who regularly attends Cabinet meetings, is currently arranging for the appointment of a second special adviser in accordance with the Instructions on Ministerial Appointments for the 31st Dáil.