Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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448. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form a detailed breakdown of the name and number of ministerial special advisers in his Department; their annual remuneration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32742/14]

Alex White (Dublin South, Labour)
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No Special Adviser has been formally appointed since my appointment.

Special Adviser appointments will be undertaken in accordance with the Instructions on Ministerial Appointments for the 31st Dáil and the Guidelines on Staffing of Ministerial Offices (July 2014) issued by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

In accordance with Section 11(1)(a) of the Public Service Management Act 1997, I may appoint a maximum of two Special Advisers.