Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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563. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide full details, including salary, of every appointment he has approved since coming into office of special advisers under his remit; the salary cap that is in place with respect to special adviser appointments; the number of appointments he has approved with salary in excess of the cap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32888/14]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Details in relation to Special Advisers appointed by me since taking office are set out below. In respect of two of the appointments, the salary cap was exceeded, given the substantially higher salaries each earned in the private sector. The salary increases were approved by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

*3rd point of the Principal Officer (Standard) Scale