Jerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 307: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of special advisers appointed in his Department between June 1997 and February 2011; the cost of each special adviser appointed to his office between June 1997 and February 2011; the gender ratio of these appointments between June 1997 and February 2011; the number of appointments to State boards made during the period June 1997 to February 2011; and the gender ratio of appointments made to State boards during the period June 1997 to February 2011. [7418/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The number, cost and gender ratio of the special advisers appointed between June 1997 and February 2011 are set out below.

All of these appointments were temporary, unestablished positions in the Civil Service, and were on a full-time basis. The tenure of these appointments was coterminous with that of the Minister for Defence.

The bodies within the remit of my Department are the Civil Defence Board, the Board of Coiste An Asgard and the Army Pensions Board. The information requested relating to the number of appointments made between June 1997 and February 2011 together with the gender ratio is set out below.