Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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138. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the names and amount by which each programme manager-special adviser in her Department has exceed the relevant pay guidelines as laid down; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54757/13]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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As my special advisor Mr Ed Brophy was previously employed in the private sector on a salary package that was more than twice the highest point of the Principal Officer (standard) scale, I sought sanction from the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for remuneration in excess of the applicable pay scale grade. A single point salary of €127,796 was sanctioned by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform effective from 29 July 2011 which represented a reduction of over one third in my Special Adviser’s previous salary in the private sector at that time. The salary has been reduced in line with the Haddington Road Agreement and now stands at €119,572.

Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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139. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the names and amount by which each programme manager-special adviser in his Department has exceed the relevant pay guidelines as laid down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54745/13]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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Neither of the two Advisors in my Department exceeds the relevant pay guidelines referred to by the Deputy.

As I have previously informed the House, both Advisors were appointed at the first point of the Principal Officer standard scale, in accordance with the Guidelines on the Staffing of Minister's Offices, issued in March 2011.