Written answers
Tuesday, 11 May 2021
Department of An Taoiseach
Departmental Staff
Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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123. To ask the Taoiseach the number of advisers working in his office; and the name, title, salaries, commencement and exit date if applicable of their employment in tabular form. [23793/21]
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the table below.
Name | Role | Salary Scale | Start Date | Exit Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Deirdre Gillane | Chief of Staff | Deputy Secretary | 27.06.2020 | N/A |
Pat McParland | Deputy Chief of Staff | Assistant Secretary | 27.06.2020 | N/A |
Alan Ahearne | Economic Adviser to the Taoiseach | Assistant Secretary equivalent (part-time) | 21.07.2020 | N/A |
Diarmuid Lynch | Special Adviser to the Taoiseach | Principal Officer | 27.06.2020 | N/A |
Grainne Weld | Special Adviser to the Taoiseach | Principal Officer | 27.06.2020 | N/A |
Kevin Dillon | Special Adviser to the Taoiseach | Principal Officer | 27.06.2020 | 23.10.2020 |
Lisa-Dee Collery | Special Adviser to the Taoiseach | Principal Officer | 30.11.2020 | N/A |
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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124. To ask the Taoiseach the groups chaired or attended by the Secretary General of his Department in tabular form. [23891/21]
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The groups currently chaired by the Secretary General of my Department are listed below:
- Secretary General Post-Cabinet Briefing;
- Secretary General Brexit Group:
- COVID-19 Oversight Group;
- Civil Service Management Board;
- High Level Steering Board on Policing Reform;
- North East Inner City Oversight Group;
- Senior Officials Group on Commemoration;
- Climate Action Delivery Board (co-chaired with the Secretary General of the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications); and
- National Security Committee.
In carrying out the responsibilities associated with his role, the Secretary General of my Department may also attend a range of cross-government groups including the ten Cabinet Committees established by the Government to advance the Government’s priorities as set out in the Programme for Government.
The Secretary General also chairs regular meetings of the Department’s Management Board.
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