Last June, I introduced a general pay cap of €250,000 per annum for Chief Executive Officers of Commercial State Companies. At the time I acknowledged that the CEO of the ESB would be paid a higher amount given the importance of the role and I sanctioned €318,083 per annum for this post. Since then a candidate has been appointed who has accepted a salary of €295,000 per annum. This represents a reduction of 43% in the maximum of the scale that applied to the previous incumbent of the post.
The table sets out the position where advisers are being paid above the Principal Officer scale.
List of Special Advisers — June 2012 — Sanction above PO
Department
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Minister/ Minister of State
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Name of Adviser
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Sanctioned Pay Rate
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Relevent Payscale
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Agriculture Fisheries and Food
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Minister Coveney
|
Ross MacMathuna
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€110,000
|
Approved Rate
|
Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
|
Minister Rabbitte
|
Simon Nugent
|
€97,200
|
Approved Rate
|
Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
|
Minister Bruton
|
Ciaran Conlon
|
€127,000
|
Approved Rate
|
Public Expenditure and Reform
|
|
Rónán O'Brien
|
€114,000
|
Approved Rate
|
Social Protection
|
Minister Burton
|
Ed Brophy
|
€127,796
|
Ass Sec
|
Transport, Tourism and Sport
|
Minister Varadkar
|
Brian Murphy
|
€105,837
|
PO I
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