Contact Details
To contact Marian's Sligo Office:
28 Emmet Place,
Union St.,
Sligo.
Ph: 071-9145888/9145890
Fax: 071-9141973
E-mail: marian@marianharkin.com
To contact Marian's Brussels Office:
60 Rue Wiertz 1047,
Brussels,
Belgium.
Ph: 00 322 284 7797/ 5797
Fax: 00 322 284 9797
e-mail: marian.harkin@europarl.europa.eu
Further Information - Expenses
I have two full time staff in my Sligo office. They are Marie Henry and Orla Barry. I also have two staff members in my Brussels office, Ann Marie McCourt and Dennis Horgan. I employ stagaires (interns) in my Brussels office on an ongoing basis, usually for a period of six months. Currently I have one stagaire John Harkin who is my son. I also employ Declan MacPartlin as an Adviser.
I do not disclose information on individual salaries but they are all within the normal range of parliamentary salaries. My staff allowances are administered under contract by my Service Provider who has provided this service for many years to the Parliament and is regulated by the Financial Regulator. All funds received from the European Parliament go into a separate account administered by my Service Provider to which I have no access and those accounts are signed off by the European Parliament on a yearly basis. The amount paid in salaries for 2008 was €202,968. This included all payments to staff, PRSI payments and accountants fees and nothing else. I maintain a full time office in Sligo and have done for my four and a half years as an MEP. I receive an office allowance of €4202 per month which is used to pay all office expenses including office rental, equipment, stationary, telephone etc. Given that the monies to employ staff and to maintain my office is used for those purposes I consider these monies as expenses which allow me to serve my constituents and they cannot be attributed as personal expenses simply because they are not. I receive the standard €280 per day for attending the Parliament and the standard amount for travel as calculated by the European Parliament.
