Written answers
Wednesday, 13 June 2012
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Ministerial Staff
9:00 pm
Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 20: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the name, position, annual salary, annual allowance cap, and Government Minister to whom they have been appointed of all special advisors appointed since February 2011. [28255/12]
Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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The current Guidelines on Special Advisors provide, except in the Offices of the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste where separate arrangements apply, that they are to be placed on the minimum point of the Principal Officer (standard) scale, which currently runs from €80,051 at the minimum to €92,672 at the maximum.
The following table sets out details of Special Advisers.
List of Special Advisers - June 2012 | ||||
Department | Minister/Minister of State | Name of Adviser | Sanctioned Pay Rate | Relevent Payscale |
Agriculture Fisheries and Food | Minister Coveney | Aine Kilroy | €80,051 | PO Min |
Ross MacMathuna | €110,000 | Approved Rate | ||
Arts, Heritage & Gaeltacht Affairs | Minister Deenihan | Damian Garvey | €80,051 | PO Min |
James Kenny | €80,051 | PO Min | ||
Attorney General | Máire Whelan | Peter O'Sullivan | €80,051 | PO Min |
Children & Youth Affairs | Minister Fitzgerald | Jennifer Carrol McNeill * | €40,025 | PO Min |
Marrion Mannion | €80,051 | PO Min | ||
William Lavelle * | €40,025 | PO Min | ||
Communications,Energy & Natural Resources | Minister Rabbitte | Simon Nugent | €97,200 | Approved Rate |
Finbar O'Malley | €83,337 | PO | ||
Defence/Taoiseach/Chief Whip | Paul Kehoe | Mark O'Doherty | €80,051 | PO Min |
Education & Skills | Minister Ruairí Quinn | John Walsh | €92,672 | PO Max |
Deirdre Grant | €86,604 | PO | ||
Environment, Community & Local Government | Minister Hogan | Claire Langton | €80,051 | PO Min |
Sean McKeown | €92,672 | PO Max | ||
MoS O'Sullivan | Aidan Culhane | €80,051 | PO Min | |
Paul Daly | €80,051 | PO Min | ||
Finance | Minister Noonan | Mary Kenny | €83,337 | PO |
Eoin Dorgan | €83,337 | PO | ||
Health | Minister Reilly | Mark Costigan | €92,672 | PO Max |
Sean Faughnan ** | €26,684 | PO Min | ||
Maureen Windle ** | €61,781 | PO Max | ||
MoS Shortall | Maeve Ann Wren | €40,025 | Approved Rate | |
Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation | Minister Bruton | Conor Quinn | €80,051 | PO Min |
Ciaran Conlon | €127,000 | Approved Rate | ||
Justice & Equality | Minister Shatter | Jane Lehane | €80,051 | PO Min |
Tom Cooney | €80,051 | PO Min | ||
Public Expenditure & Reform | Minister Howlin | Anne Byrne | €83,337 | PO |
Rónán O'Brien | €114,000 | Approved Rate | ||
Social Protection | Minister Burton | Ed Brophy | €127,796 | Ass Sec |
Kathleen Barrington | €86,604 | PO 4th pt | ||
Taoiseach | MoS Licinda Creighton | Stephen O'Shea | €61,966 | AP Min |
Transport, Tourism & Sport | Minister Varadkar | Brian Murphy | €105,837 | PO I |
Nick Miller | €80,051 | PO Min | ||
* Ms Carroll McNeill and Mr Lavelle operate on a half/half work sharing basis. | ||||
** From 1st June 2012 Mr Faughnan and Ms Windle operate on a one third/two thirds work sharing basis. | ||||
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