Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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514. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide detail in tabular form by his Department and any agency under his remit, any exemptions granted to the long-standing general principle of pay policy that the payment of additional remuneration to public servants for undertaking additional duties is not permitted; the additional remuneration involved in each case; the date of sanction for such additional remuneration; the rationale behind such sanction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55028/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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In response to the Deputy’s question, I have detailed below the Special Advisers that have been/are employed in my Department for which a salary increase was requested, based on the substantially higher salaries each earned in the private sector. The salaries were approved by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. There are currently no exemptions granted to staff of my Department for the payment of additional remuneration for undertaking additional duties. My Department is checking records going back to 2000. In the event that any additional remuneration was paid in the past, details will be forwarded to the Deputy.