Mairead Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of any advisers who have taken up employment in her Department since the Government rotation in December 2022; the annual salary they are being paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4120/23]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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There are two special advisers employed by my Department who have been re-appointed to the positions they held prior to my reappointment as Minister for Education in December 2022. 

The salary scale for a 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.

The attached table contains the additional information requested by the Deputy.

Aine Doyle

Special Adviser

Eoin Murphy

Special Adviser

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