251 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the number of civil servants in receipt of a full salary and by whom no work has been undertaken in the past month; the cost of employing these staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13027/07]

Aside from staff who availed of statutory/civil service leave entitlements (set out below), my Department had no staff who were in receipt of full salary and not working. A number of staff of my Department availed of the following leave in the past month: Annual leave — 2; maternity leave — 2; sick leave and maternity leave — 1; maternity leave and annual leave — 1; special leave for study (2 year programme) — 4. The total salary cost in respect of the staff above during this period was approximately €49,000.