Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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178. To ask the Minister for Finance the names and contact details for each special adviser requested for appointment by him, in tabular form. [9596/21]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that 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 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.

Under S.I. No. 522 of 2020, I have re-engaged the two Special Advisers who worked with me during the 32nd Dáil and their contact details are as follows:

Minister for State at my Department Sean Fleming has appointed one Special Adviser: