Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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513. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide full details, including salary, of every appointment he has approved since coming into office of special advisers under his remit; the salary cap that is in place with respect to special adviser appointments; the number of appointments he has approved with salary in excess of the cap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32894/14]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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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).

I have made no appointment of Special Advisers to date but I will be making a proposal in this regard in due course. Sanction for the appointment of Special Advisers is a matter for Government in the first instance and relevant salary requires approval of my colleague the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.