Written Answers - Departmental Staff. Thursday, 6 November 2008

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  140.  Deputy Michael Creed      asked the Minister for Transport      the number of staff employed in his Department whose function it is to deal with representations from his constituency; the number of these staff that are located in the constituency and in his Department; the grade and remuneration at which these staff are employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38963/08]

Minister for Transport (Deputy Noel Dempsey):    Aside from a Special Advisor, there are four staff employed by my Department who deal with representations from my constituency. Two are located in the constituency and if they were not paid by the Department they would be paid by the Houses of the Oireachtas and two are in Dublin. Their details are outlined in the following table.

  141.  Deputy Michael Creed      asked the Minister for Transport      the number of staff employed by Ministers of State in his Department whose function it is to deal with representations from the Ministers of State’s constituency; the number of these staff that are located in the constituency and in his Department; the grade and remuneration at which these staff are employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38977/08]

Minister for Transport (Deputy Noel Dempsey):    There are three staff in the Minister of State’s constituency office. These are based in the Department and all of them deal with representations from the Minister of State’s constituency. Their details are outlined in the following table.

Grade	Remuneration Salary scale per annum
1 Executive Officer	€30,566 –€48,504
2 Clerical Officers	€24,397 –€39,558

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