Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE)
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893. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development If she will provide a list the names of each special adviser employed by her Department since 2015, the relevant Minister they worked under and the date their employment with the Department / Minister ceased where applicable. [51786/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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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 (PSMA) 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. The appointments are also subject to formal Government approval.

A breakdown of Special Advisers employed by my Department, since its formation on 19 July 2017, is supplied in the table below.