Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 July 2014
268. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the name, position and annual salary awarded to each of his special advisers; and if he will provide details of any request made for an increase above the special adviser pay cap set by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and, if so, the amount of the increase sought. [29601/14]
View answerThe following tabular statement gives details of the special advisers I appointed since I was made Minister for Education & Skills on 9th March 2011 under the terms of the revised conditions for Ministerial Appointments as published by the Department of Finance on 24th March 2011.
In relation to the appointees made in 2011 officials at my Department wrote to the Department of Finance and requested sanction to place them on a point on the pay scale for the position, proximate to their current earnings at the time of appointment.
In accordance with the terms of the Ethics in Public Office Acts, copies of the appointees' contracts of employment were laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas. The following tabular statement give details of appointees to the position of Special Adviser to Mr. Ruairí Quinn, T.D., Minister for Education & Skills.
|
APPOINTEE |
PERIOD |
SALARY |
|
John Walshe |
04/04/2011 to 28/01/2014 |
€87,248 |
|
Deirdre Grant |
11/04/2011 to Present |
€84,706 |
|
Neil Ward |
29/01/2014 to Present |
€75,647 |
