Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 1 July 2015
138. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual saving to the Exchequer if the Minister's special advisers' salaries were capped at the first point of the principal officer grade, that is, €75,647; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26956/15]
View answerTwo Special Advisors are employed by my Department as Temporary Unestablished Civil Servants at Principal Officer level and receive remuneration based on an incremental pay scale system. This is consistent with remuneration for all Civil Servants. If the remuneration for Special Advisors was capped at the first point of the relevant Principal Officer pay scale, the incremental savings to date for the current Advisors would be in the region of €9,060.
