Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 657: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of his constituency and parliamentary staff, appointed following the February 2011 elections, on salaries that exceed their applicable pay scale grade; the number of his existing and parliamentary staff employed prior to the February 2011 elections but awarded salary increases following the election that exceed their applicable pay scale grade; and if he will provide their annual salary details in a tabular format. [34578/11]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Two of my staff, Mr John Carroll (Policy Adviser) and Ms Mary Donohoe (Personal Secretary), were previously employed by the Oireachtas Commission as part of my parliamentary staff. In respect of Mr John Carroll, the applicable payscale ranges from €43,715 - €56,060 per annum while in the case of Ms Mary Donohoe, the applicable payscale ranges from €456.50 - €915.20 per week. These are the equivalent payscales to those of Parliamentary Assistant and Secretarial Assistant for those employed by the Oireachtas Commission. In neither case do they receive salaries in excess of their respective payscale.