Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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105. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of political staff employed in his Department, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special advisors, drivers and other relevant positions; the number of public or Civil Service staff seconded to work within his Department or constituency offices; the salaries and job titles of each such person; the duty or role of each in each of the years 2015 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36953/17]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that the information provided is in respect of the Department of Finance.

In the years 2015 to June 2017 there were 4 political staff employed by my predecessor Deputy Michael Noonan, and the Deputy will find a list of their roles and annual salaries in the table following. The Personal Assistant worked in Deputy Noonan's Constituency Office in Limerick.

As a result in the change of Government in May 2016, Minister of State, Deputy Eoghan Murphy joined the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and had a dual portfolio with duties for both the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Department of Finance. As a result of this, both the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Department of Finance split all costs associated with the staff in the Office of the Minister of State. The figures in the table following show the full cost of each of these staff.