Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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671. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of political staff working in his Department, including the role and salary of each staff member. [45782/15]

Alex White (Dublin South, Labour)
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The information requested by the Deputy is as follows: one Special Advisor to the Minister is employed with a Gross Salary of €91,624 and another Special Advisor to the Minister is employed with a Gross Salary of €82,587.

Special Adviser appointments are undertaken in accordance with the Instructions on Ministerial Appointments for the 31st Dáil (July 2014) and the Guidelines on Staffing of Ministerial Offices (March 2011) issued by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.