Written answers
Thursday, 18 July 2013
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Exchequer Savings
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will indicate the saving to the Exchequer if all his special advisers and those of his Ministers of State were capped at the first point on the principal officer pay scale. [36516/13]
Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Details of the salaries paid to my special advisers, which are commensurate with the responsibilities attaching to their positions, are provided in the following table.
| Position held | Annual Salary with effect from 1 July 2013 |
|---|---|
| Chief Adviser - Office of the Tánaiste | €156,380 |
| Economic Adviser - Office of the Tánaiste | €144,550 |
| Special Adviser - Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade | €81,676 |
| Special Adviser - Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade | €75,647 |
Neither of the two Ministers of State assigned to my Department currently has a Special Adviser. With effect from 1 July 2013, the first point of the Principal Officer standard scale is €75,647.
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