The staffing of my private and constituency office is set out below:
Private Office
|
Title
|
Number
|
Annual Salary Range
|
|
Higher Executive Officer
|
1
|
€46,558 – €59,097 (plus allowance as Private Secretary to Minister of €20,687 p.a.)
|
|
Executive Officer
|
2
|
€30,566 – €50,510
|
|
Staff Officer
|
1
|
€34,941 – €46,655
|
|
Clerical Officer*
|
5
|
€23,174 – €40,417
|
*Including 1 work sharing.
Constituency Office
|
Title
|
Number
|
Annual Salary Range
|
|
Clerical Officer
|
2
|
€23,174 – €40,417
|
|
Personal Assistant
|
1
|
€46,558 – €55,030
|
|
Personal Secretary
|
1
|
€23,181 – €44,726
|
Salary and related allowance payments in my office amounted to €562,648 in 2009. The amount paid in expenses for foreign and domestic travel, official entertainment and miscellaneous for the same period was €14,263. This expenditure covers costs incurred on behalf of staff in the offices and by the Minister during that period. The financial reporting system currently in use in my Department does not differentiate between costs incurred in the Private and Constituency Offices.
I should point out that the staffing level in both my Private Office and Constituency Office is well below the Guidelines on the Staffing of Ministerial Offices.
As Minister of State assigned to more than one Department, Minister Mansergh is authorised under the Guidelines a maximum number of 9 staff in the Private Office and no more than 5 staff in his Constituency Office. The Minister of State may also appoint 2 civilian drivers (additional to the numbers above). Within these parameters, the Minister of State may appoint only 1 Personal Secretary, 1 Personal Assistant. Currently, Minister Mansergh has 1 Private Secretary and 3 staff, giving a total of 4 staff in his Private Office. In his Constituency Office, he has 1 Personal Secretary and 1 Personal Assistant. The Minister has also appointed 2 civilian drivers. I am advised by the Office of Public Works that the following staff are employed in the Private and Constituency Offices of Minister of State, Martin Mansergh:
Private Office
|
Grade
|
Number
|
Annual Salary Range
|
|
Higher Executive Officer
|
1
|
€46,558 – €59,097
|
|
Executive Officer
|
1
|
€30,566 – €48,504
|
|
Clerical Officer
|
2
|
€24,397 – €39,558
|
Constituency Office
|
Grade
|
Number
|
Annual Salary Range
|
|
Personal Secretary
|
1
|
€30,566 – €50,410
|
|
Personal Assistant
|
1
|
€46,558 – €59,097
|
The Minster of State employs 2 civilian drivers at an annual salary of €34,826 each.
Note: All staff working in the Private Offices of both minister and Minister of State are established Civil Servants.
