Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 680: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs 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. [36599/12]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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In accordance with Department of Finance instructions on Ministerial appointments, my Advisers were placed on the first point of the Principal Officer standard scale on appointment. None was appointed with a salary exceeding the first pay point of the Principal Officer Standard Scale as mentioned by the Deputy.