Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the salaries and pensions paid out to special advisors to Ministers and Ministers of State in his Department in 2020 and 2021, broken down by Minister in tabular form. [11393/22]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The details requested by the Deputy on salaries and pensions in respect of Special Advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State employed in my Department in 2020 and 2021 will be set out in a table that will be supplied to the Deputy.

The Deputy is aware that there was a change of government in 2020.

2020 salary costs for the Special Adviser to the former Minister of Public Expenditure and Reform Pascal Donohoe totalled €58,133.

I appointed 2 Special Advisers to my Department in 2020. Salary costs for these Special Advisers in 2020 totalled €65,840.

2021 salary costs for these Special Advisers were €195,242.

As the Special Advisers were serving in 2020 and 2021, no pensions were paid out from my department.

The Ministers of State for Public Procurement and eGovernment at my Department did not have Special Advisers appointed in 2020 or 2021.