Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of all pay increases awarded to special advisors in his Department over the last two years. [18312/13]

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Finance 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 [18326/13]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 84 and 85 together.

In my Department, I have appointed Mary Kenny and Eoin Dorgan as special advisors. The salaries below are in line with guidelines issued by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on the appointment of Ministerial staff.

My colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, has not appointed a special advisor.