Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 421: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the name, position and annual salary awarded to each of his special advisors; if he 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. [27895/12]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The information requested is set out in the following table:

* Under the Instructions on Ministerial Appointments for the 31st Dáil, Ministers of State who regularly attend Cabinet may appoint a maximum of two Special Advisers. In this regard Minister of State O'Sullivan, who regularly attends Cabinet, is currently arranging for the appointment of a second Special Adviser.

No request has been made for increases in salaries above that allowed under the Instructions on Ministerial Appointments to the 31st Dáil.