Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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832. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of special advisers that will be hired by his Department. [22785/20]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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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.

It should be notedthat 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 identified two individuals to act as my Special Advisers who will be formally appointed by the Government in due course.