Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 208: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual salary awarded to a person (details supplied) recently appointed special adviser to the Minister for Finance; if the salary exceeds the special adviser pay cap; and if so, did he sign off on the salary. [35723/11]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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The recently appointed Special Advisor to the Minister for Finance will undertake any duties which may be assigned to him from time to time as appropriate to the position of Special Adviser as set out in Section 11 of the Public Service Management Act 1997. The salary for this individual does not exceed the Government's special advisor pay scale as outlined in the Instructions regarding Ministerial Appointments (April 2011).