Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 306: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list of all Special Advisors appointed by him or his Ministers of State since March 2011 whose salary exceeds the first pay point of the Principal Officer Standard Scale; the Special Advisors names and salaries; salary increases awarded the aforementioned Special Advisors since March 2011. [36607/12]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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I appointed Mr Ciaran Conlon as one of my Special Advisors in March 2011.

In light of the wide range of issues dealt with by my Department and the key role played by Mr. Conlon as my Adviser, my Department wrote to the Department of Finance in April 2011, in accordance with the Guidelines for nisterial Appointments, requesting the sanction of the nister for Public Expenditure and Reform to the appointment of Mr. Ciaran Conlon as my Special Adviser on a salary of €127,000.

Sanction was subsequently from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and Mr. Conlon was appointed to the post of Special Adviser with an annual salary of €127,000 with effect from the date of his appointment. He has received no subsequent increase.