Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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444. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of civilian and Garda ministerial drivers in her current corps of drivers; the breakdown of the civilian versus Garda drivers; and the total costs including salaries, maintenance, fuel and so on incurred by the driver corps in 2020 and 2021. [3973/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The appointment of civilian drivers in my Department are made in line with the “Instructions to HR Managers on Ministerial Appointments for the 33rd Dáil” and the “Guidelines on the Staffing of Ministerial Offices for the 33rd Dáil’’.

I have dual responsibility for the Department of Social Protection and the Department of Rural and Community Development and in line with government guidelines, the Department of Social Protection cover the costs of two civilian drivers.

Salary and Employer’s PRSI costs incurred for the two civilian drivers concerned by my Department were €61,667 in 2020 and €62,962.32 in 2021.