Written answers
Tuesday, 7 November 2017
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Ministerial Advisers
Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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1238. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the names of the special advisers employed in her Department; the names of special advisers to Ministers of State in her Department; the annual salary of each adviser; if these persons were special advisers immediately prior to taking up their current role or immediately prior to the June 2017 Cabinet reshuffle; if so, the Minister to which they were appointed to; the date each special adviser was appointed with effect as stated in the Government order; the date of the Government order; if they received a salary for the period before the appointment order was signed in the case of special advisers whose appointment order date has an effect date earlier than the order date; if so, by whom they were paid; if a special adviser during a period later backdated by appointment order had access to confidential material and or Cabinet papers; if they were subject to the Official Secrets Act 1963 during this period; if any persons currently employed as special advisers have not yet been appointed by order since the Cabinet reshuffle of 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46467/17]
Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I currently have two Special Advisers working with me. Their details are as follows:
Name | Salary | Salary Paid From | Government Order |
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Denise Duffy | €81,767 | 14 June 2017 | 18 July 2017 |
Gerry Mullins | €81,767 | 2 October 2017 | 26 September 2017 |
Mr. Mullins was not a Special Adviser prior to appointment to his current role.
Ms. Duffy previously served as a Special Adviser to me when I was Chief Whip in the Department of the Taoiseach. The details of this appointment are as follows:
Name | Salary | Salary paid from | Government Order |
---|---|---|---|
Denise Duffy | €79,401 | 3 October 2016 | 15 November 2016 |
The Office of the Attorney General has advised that there are no legal reasons why orders should not have retrospective dates.
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