Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the political advisers used by Ministers and Ministers of State in his Department since the commencement of this Government; the commencement and cessation dates in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47965/19]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Details of Political Advisers employed by my Department since the commencement of this Government are outlined in the following tables. All appointments were made in line with “Instructions to Personnel Officers – Ministerial Appointments for the 32nd Dáil” which include “Guidelines on staffing of Ministerial offices” issued by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.  Every appointment in my Department is subject to the Civil Service Code of Standards and Behaviour.

Minister Charles Flanagan

Minister of State Dara Murphy

Tánaiste Simon Coveney

Minister of State Helen McEntee