Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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120. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a schedule of all special advisors that are, or were, attached to him, to include Ministers of State special advisors, by grade, duration of role held and point on the pay scale. [38373/24]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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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 Act 1997.

From July 2020 costs for special adviser(s) to the Minister for Transport were absorbed by the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications.

The salary scale points of each Special Adviser employed to serve Minister of State Hildegard Naughton, Minister of State Jack Chambers and Minister of State James Lawless are detailed below: