Mairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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589. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of all special advisors working in his Department; the Minister and Junior Minister who each advisor is associated with and their respective salaries, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51257/22]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The attached table contains the information requested by the Deputy.

The salary scale for Special Adviser to a Minister is the same as the Civil Service Principal Officer pay scale, under the terms of the Guidelines for Ministerial Appointments to the 33rd Dáil.

Mr. Simon Harris, T.D. Minister for Further & Higher Education Research, Innovation & Science

Ms. Sarah Bardon; Special Adviser

Ms. Deirdre Duffy; Special Adviser

*This is the salary that is applicable as of 1^stOct 2022, as per Circular 19/2022