Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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1427. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of political staff employed in his Department, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special advisers, drivers and other relevant positions; the number of civil or public 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. [36949/17]

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the tables:

*With effect from the 32nd Dáil, Personal Secretaries and Personal Assistants of office holders are paid under the Scheme for Secretarial Assistance by the Houses of the Oireachtas, not by the individual Department.

**Minister of States Staff for 2015 & 2016 and 2017 (up to 19/6/17) were paid by Department of Arts Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

No civil or public servants were seconded to work within my department or constituency officers for the periods in question. The numbers of civil service staff assigned to both my private and constituency offices are within the limits prescribed by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform guidelines.