Written answers

Tuesday, 18 September 2012

Department of Justice and Equality

Ministerial Staff

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and names of all special advisers, special press advisers, or any other type of Ministerial adviser in his Department; the name of the Minister / Minister of State to whom he reports; the salary of each advisor now; the salary of each advisor at the time they were appointed; if any salary increase was asked for; if this was granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37497/12]

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the gross annual salary costs for his private and constituency offices at present; the same figures for this time last year; and the same figures for any Ministers of State in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37530/12]

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the names of special advisors for whom salary increases have been requested; the amount requested; the details of those granted increases and the amount by which they were increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40024/12]

Photo of Alan ShatterAlan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1176, 1178 and 1299 together.

The current staffing of my Private and Constituency offices, and their salary ranges, is set out in the following table. The level of staffing in my offices for part of 2011 was slightly higher by 0.4 of a whole time equivalent at clerical officer level. I would remind the Deputy that this Government has reduced the number of staff in a Minister's Private Office from 10 to 8 and in a Minister's Constituency Office from 6 to 4 and that the staffing of my office complies with these guidelines.

Private OfficeSalary (as of September 2012)
1 Private Secretary €43,816 - €55,415 + appropriate Private Secretary allowance
3 Executive Officers€30,516 - €47,975
2 Clerical Officers €23,177 - €37,341
2 Special Advisors €80,051 - €98,424
Constituency Office
1.6 Clerical Officers €23,177 - €37,341
1 Personal Assistant *€43,715 - €56,060
1 Personal Secretary€23,820 - €47,755

* The Minister's Personal Assistant also acts as the Press Officer for the Department.

I appointed Ms Jane Lehane and Mr Thomas Cooney as my Special Advisors. They are both paid at the Principal Officer standard scale. I have made no requests for salary increases for either individual and the only changes to their salaries have been by way of normal incremental progression. No Minister of State maintains an office in my Department.

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