Written answers
Tuesday, 24 September 2013
Department of An Taoiseach
Ministerial Adviser Appointments
Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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146. To ask the Taoiseach the number of political staff employed in his office in 1981 and the number employed currently in 2013 including secretarial assistants, parliamentary advisers, special advisers, press officers, researchers and administrators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39035/13]
Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Details of the number of staff appointments by the Taoiseach are set out below for the periods concerned.
Year 2013 (position as at 24.09.13)
| Title | Number per post |
|---|---|
| Chief of Staff | 1 |
| Special Adviser to the Taoiseach | 3 |
| Special Adviser to the Government Chief Whip | 1 |
| Personal Assistant to the Taoiseach | 4 |
| Personal Assistant to the Government Chief Whip | 1 |
| Personal Secretary to the Taoiseach | 2 |
| Personal Secretary to the Government Chief Whip | 1 |
| Government Press Secretary | 1 |
| Deputy Government Press Secretary | 2 |
| Assistant Government Press Secretary | 2 |
| total : | 18 |
Year 1981
| Position as at 1 January to 29 June 1981 | |
|---|---|
| Title | Number per post |
| Special Adviser to the Taoiseach | 2 |
| Government Press Secretary | 1 |
| Head of Government Information Services | 1 |
| Personal Secretary to the Taoiseach | 1 |
| Personal Secretary to Government Press Secretary | 1 |
| Personal Secretary to the Government Chief Whip | 1 |
| total : | 7 |
| Position as at 30 June to 31 December 1981 | |
|---|---|
| Title | Number per post |
| Special Adviser to the Taoiseach | 2 |
| Government Press Secretary | 1 |
| Head of Government Information Services | 1 |
| Personal Assistant to the Taoiseach | 1 |
| Personal Assistant to the Government Press Secretary | 1 |
| Personal Secretary to the Government Chief Whip | 1 |
| total : | 7 |
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