Aidan Farrelly (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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671. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual amount claimed by special advisers attached to her or her Department outside of their regular salary, since 1 March 2020 to date in 2025, by mileage claim and amount, subsistence, other vouched expenses and unvouched expenses; and if the travel episode and or journey related to same will be included in the response. [11759/25]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the tabular statement at the link below. The table provides details of the total expenses paid to special advisers in my Department from 1 March 2020 to date in 2025.

Expenses claimed by special advisers are paid in line and in accordance with Department of Public Expenditure, NDP, Delivery and Reform circulars and other Civil Service procedures.