Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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1256.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine 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 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34907/24]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The numbers of political staff employed by my Department from 2020 onwards are as follows:

These are total numbers, serving at various times throughout the time since my appointment to the post of Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in September 2020. It should also be noted that Parliamentary Assistants and Secretarial Assistants are employed under the Scheme for the Provision of Secretarial Assistance for Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas and Qualifying Parties (available atwww.oireachtas.ie/en/members/salaries-and-allowances/scheme-for-secretarial-assistance/) and not directly by my Department.