Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 321: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the name, position and annual salary awarded to each of her special advisors; if she will provide details of any request made for an increase above the special advisor pay cap from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the amount of the increase sought. [27902/12]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the names and salaries of my Special Advisers is set out in the tabular statement below.

The applicable pay scale for Special Advisers is the Principal Officer (standard) scale: €80,051 to €92,672. As Edward Brophy was previously employed in the private sector on a salary package that was more than twice the highest point of the Principal Officer (standard) scale, I sought sanction from the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to award a salary which related to his previous remuneration arrangements. A single point salary of €127,796 was sanctioned by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform effective from 29 July 2011. This represents a reduction of over one third in my Special Adviser's previous salary in the private sector.