Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 9 July 2014
46. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the annual saving to the Exchequer if all Ministers' special advisers' pay in his Department was capped at the first point of the principal officer grade. [30910/14]
View answerThe Guidelines on Ministerial Appointments issued in March 2011 do not apply to Special Advisers to the Taoiseach and Tánaiste. There are five Special Advisers in my Department. Salary details for each of them are set out in the following table.
|
Name |
Position held |
Annual Salary |
|
Mark Garrett |
Chief Adviser – Office of the Tánaiste |
€156,380 |
|
Colm O'Reardon |
Economic Adviser – Office of the Tánaiste |
€144,550 |
|
Jean O'Mahony |
Special Adviser – Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade |
€84,706 |
|
Niamh Sweeney |
Special Adviser – Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade |
€78,670 |
|
Deborah Sweeney |
Special Adviser – Minister of State Paschal Donohoe |
€68,293 (AP salary scale) |
The Principal Officer (standard) scale is €75,674 - €92,550.
