Written answers
Thursday, 18 April 2013
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Ministerial Adviser Pay
Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of all pay increases awarded to special advisors in his Department over the last two years. [18313/13]
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in a tabular format a list of all his special advisors pay and that of his Minister of State, to include each salary, name of employee above principal officer standard scale salary rate; and if he will supply the total pay bill for all his special advisors for 2012 [18327/13]
Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 55 and 56 together.
| Name | Position held | Annual Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Garrett | Chief Adviser - Office of the Tánaiste | €168,000 |
| Colm O’Reardon | Economic Adviser - Office of the Tánaiste | €155,000 |
| Jean O’Mahony | Special Adviser - Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade | €86,604 |
| Niamh Sweeney | Special Adviser – Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade | €80,051 |
| Stephen O’Shea | Special Adviser - Minister of State for European Affairs | €64,257 |
Ms Jean O’Mahony received salary increments of €3,286 and €3,267 in March 2012 and March 2013 respectively and Mr Stephen O’Shea received a salary increment of €2,291 in November 2012, in line with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform guidelines relating to Special Advisers. The total cost of the salaries paid to Special Advisers in 2012 was €483,635.
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