Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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119. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the names and amount by which each programme manager or special adviser in his Department has exceed the relevant pay guidelines as laid down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54754/13]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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The salary details of the two Special Advisors appointed by me as Minister for Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation in line with the Guidelines for Ministerial Appointments and as sanctioned by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform are set out below. There are no Special Advisers appointed by my Department’s Ministers of State.

Special Advisers are to be placed on the Principal Officer scale, and in line with the Guidelines for Ministerial Appointments, sanction for a higher rate of salary for Special Advisers may be granted by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, with the agreement of the Minister for Finance that takes account of the previous experience and relevant expertise of a particular candidate. Given his previous experience and in light of the wide range of issues dealt with by my Department and the key role played by Mr Conlon as my Adviser, my Department wrote to the Department of Finance in April, 2011 requesting the sanction of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to the appointment of Mr Ciaran Conlon as my Special Adviser at a higher rate, in line with the salary paid to Mr Conlon in his previous position and such sanction was granted.