Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 July 2012
306 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list of all special advisers appointed by him or his Ministers of State since March 2011 whose salary exceeds the first pay point of the principal officer standard scale; the special advisers names and salaries; and salary increases awarded the aforementioned special advisers since March 2011. [36607/12]
View answerI appointed Mr Ciaran Conlon as one of my Special Advisors in March 2011.
In light of the wide range of issues dealt with by my Department and the key role played by Mr. Conlon as my Adviser, my Department wrote to the Department of Finance in April 2011, in accordance with the Guidelines for Ministerial Appointments, requesting the sanction of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to the appointment of Mr. Ciaran Conlon as my Special Adviser on a salary of €127,000.
Sanction was subsequently received from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and Mr. Conlon was appointed to the post of Special Adviser with an annual salary of €127,000 with effect from the date of his appointment. He has received no subsequent increase.
