Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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61. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of his advisers and those of the Ministers of State; the remuneration packages of same; and the date of commencement in their role. [19678/20]

Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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64. To ask the Taoiseach the names and salaries of his special advisers; and the salaries paid to each Minister of State in his Department. [19728/20]

Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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69. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a schedule of advisers, special advisers and seconded civil servants currently 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 the role in tabular form. [20627/20]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 61, 64 and 69 together.

The persons employed by my Department as Special Advisers are detailed in the table below.

It should be noted that all appointments are subject to formal Government approval and relevant contracts will be laid before the Oireachtas in due course. All appointments will be made in line with the Public Service Management Act, 1997.

Both Ministers of State in my Department are paid the salaried allowance of €38,787 which is payable to all Ministers of State. It has been agreed that all members of the current Government and Ministers of State will gift a portion of their current remuneration effective from the date that the Government took office. The amount to be gifted by Ministers of State for 2020 will be €7,424. An additional allowance is payable to the Chief Whip for his attendance at Cabinet which will require a Government order before it can be paid.

There are currently 20 civil servants seconded to Department of the Taoiseach working in various roles across the various divisions: 1 at Assistant Secretary level, 4 at Principal Officer level, 6 at Assistant Principal level, 4 at Higher Executive level, 3 at Administrative Officer level and 2 at Clerical Officer level, none of which work as Special Advisers.