Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 393: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of all Special Advisors appointed by her or her 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.. [36610/12]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The names and salaries of the Special Advisors I have appointed in the Department of Social Protection are shown in the following table.

Ms. Barrington's salary on appointment in July 2011 was €86,604 per annum. She recently progressed to the next point on the pay scale applicable to Special Advisors which is the Principal Officer (Standard) scale.

As previously advised in my reply to Question No. 321, which I answered for the Deputy on 12 June 2012, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform sanctioned a single point salary of €127,796 in respect of Mr. Brophy's appointment.

There is no Minister of State assigned to my Department.