Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 April 2013
147. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will provide in a tabular format a list of all his special advisers' pay and that of his Minister of State, to include each salary and name of employee above principal officer standard scale salary rate; and if he will supply the total pay bill for all his special advisors for 2012. [18356/13]
View answer148. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Taoiseach if he will provide details of any and all pay increases awarded to special advisors in his Department over the past two years. [18357/13]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 147 and 148 together.
There are five Special Advisers employed by my Department, four of whom are my Special Advisers and one of whom is Special Adviser to the Government Chief Whip. The details requested in relation to their salaries is set out in the table below.
|
Name |
Position |
Current Salary |
|
Mark Kennelly |
Chief of Staff |
€168,000 |
|
Andrew McDowell |
Special Adviser |
€168,000 |
|
Paul O’Brien |
Special Adviser |
€86,604 |
|
Angela Flanagan |
Special Adviser |
€86,604 |
|
Mark O’Doherty |
Special Adviser to the Chief Whip |
€86,604 |
Mr. O'Brien, Ms. Flanagan and Mr. O'Doherty are on contracts which include incremental progression in line with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform guidelines on remuneration for Special Advisers. The salary cost for special advisors employed in my Department in 2012 was €581,236. The comparative full year figure for Special Advisors employed in this Department in 2010 was €1,072,920.
