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Friday, 6 September 2019

Department of Health

Ministerial Advisers Data

Photo of Michael McGrathMichael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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823. To ask the Minister for Health the name of each person employed as an adviser or special adviser to him and the Ministers of State in his Department; the salary of each in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34848/19]

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the following table:

Adviser NameMinister / Minister of StateSalary Scale(1 September, 2019)
Sarah BardonSimon Harris, T.D.€87,325 - €107,399 (PPC)
Joanne LonerganSimon Harris, T.D.€83,090 - €102,159
Gerard MaguireFinian McGrath, T.D.€83,090 - €102,159
Damien O'FarrellFinian McGrath, T.D.€87,325 - €107,399 (PPC)
Nicola ClavinCatherine Byrne, T.D.€67,659 - €83,740 (PPC)
Darren HourihaneJim Daly, T.D.€67,659 - €83,740 (PPC)

In accordance with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform instructions to Personnel Officers on Ministerial Appointments for the 32nd Dáil, the salary scale applicable to my advisers and those of Minister of State Finian McGrath, T.D. (who sits at Cabinet), is the standard scale for the grade of Principal Officer in the Civil Service as of 1 September 2019. The salary scale applicable to the special advisers appointed to Ministers of State Jim Daly, T.D. and Catherine Byrne, T.D. is the standard scale for the grade of Assistant Principal Officer in the Civil Service as of 1 September 2019.

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