Written answers

Thursday, 30 July 2020

Department of Rural and Community Development

Ministerial Advisers

Photo of Alan KellyAlan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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904. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development 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. [19677/20]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather 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, said persons will be formally appointed by the Government once the Guidelines have been approved.  

Photo of Gerald NashGerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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905. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the names and salaries of her special advisers; and the salaries paid to each Minister and Minister of State in her Department [19727/20]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather 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 appointment of Special Advisers is subject to section 11 of the Public Service Management (PSMA) Act 1997.

The Guidelines for the 33rd Dáil, which incorporate the principles of section 11 of the PSMA Act, 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.  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; said persons will be formally appointed by the Government once the Guidelines have been approved. 

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform must be notified of the rate of salary to be paid in all cases for Special Advisers. These rates will then be published on the website of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

Full details of salaries and allowances paid to Members of the Oireachtas are available to the Deputy and the public on the website of the Houses of the Oireachtas. Members of the Oireachtas are paid a basic salary plus a salaried allowance based on any additional positions they hold.

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