Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 December 2013
281. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the names and amount by which each programme manager or special adviser in his Department has exceeded the relevant pay guidelines as laid down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54758/13]
View answerThere is no salary cap for Special Advisers, rather the relevant pay guidelines state that Special Advisers are to be placed on the Principal Officer (standard) scale, which currently ranges from €75,647 to €87,258, except where the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform sanctions a higher salary rate. This is usually due to the fact that the person concerned was recruited from a higher paid position in the private or voluntary sector.
Mr Brian Murphy, my Special Adviser, is on a single point of remuneration reduced since 1st July 2013 under the Haddington Road Agreement to €99,370. All other staff are paid in accordance with the prescribed guidelines.
