Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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1267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of civil servants engaged in constituency work on his behalf; and the salaries, accommodation costs and expenses involved or associated with these duties. [13692/14]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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There is currently 1 civil servant engaged on constituency work in my office, on the clerical officer salary scale of €23,177-€37,341 per annum.

The costs associated with the provision of office accommodation for the constituency office is not borne by my Department. The expenses associated, such as utilities (oil, gas and electricity) and building maintenance are charged to the Office Premises Expenses category of the Departmental budget for all premises occupied by Department staff.  It is not possible to extract the cost associated with the individual staff member concerned.