Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 December 2013
138. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Social Protection the names and amount by which each programme manager-special adviser in her Department has exceeded the relevant pay guidelines, as laid down; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54757/13]
View answerAs my special advisor Mr Ed Brophy was previously employed in the private sector on a salary package that was more than twice the highest point of the Principal Officer (standard) scale, I sought sanction from the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for remuneration in excess of the applicable pay scale grade. A single point salary of €127,796 was sanctioned by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform effective from 29 July 2011 which represented a reduction of over one third in my Special Adviser’s previous salary in the private sector at that time. The salary has been reduced in line with the Haddington Road Agreement and now stands at €119,572.
