Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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978.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a list of the names of each special adviser employed by her Department since 2020; the Minister and Minister of State whom each adviser is associated with, and their respective salaries, in tabular form; the areas of expertise covered by such advisers; and if she will make a statement on the matter.[34939/24]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Pauric McPhillips works as my Special Adviser in both the Department of Social Protection and the Department of Rural and Community Development.

He is employed by the Department of Social Protection and is paid at the Principal Officer scale.

Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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979.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the expenses paid to ministerial advisers in her Department in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.[34957/24]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Department of Social Protection has employed one special adviser since June 2020.

The total expenses paid in each year are detailed in the table below.