Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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1388. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule of advisers, special advisers and seconded civil servants working in his Department appointed and or recruited and or in an acting capacity; the roles and responsibilities attributed to each; and the salary scale for each role in tabular form. [22531/20]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has issued guidelines to each Government Department 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 Act 1997.

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 one person to work with me as Special Adviser and another person to work with me as a Press and Communications Adviser and these persons will be formally appointed by the Government in the near future.

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.