Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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84. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a schedule of all special advisers working in his Department; and the roles and responsibilities and salary scale of each. [18844/20]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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On the commencement of every Dáil, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform issues guidelines setting out the arrangements for the staffing of Ministerial Offices.  The Guidelines for the 33rd Dáil are currently awaiting Government approval. 

The appointment of individual Special Advisers is a matter for each Government Minister subject to the terms set out in the aforementioned guidelines, although the appointments are also subject to formal Government approval.  At this stage, no Special Advisers have been formally appointed to my Department by the Government.