Written answers
Thursday, 30 July 2020
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Ministerial Advisers
Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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784. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide details of her advisers and those of the Ministers of State; the remuneration packages of same; and the date of commencement in their role. [19670/20]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, 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.
It should be noted that 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. However, the Deputy may wish to note that I have assigned two Special Advisers to work with me, a Special Adviser on policy and a Press Adviser, and these persons will be formally appointed by the Government once the Guidelines have been approved.
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