Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 December 2015
671. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of political staff working in his Department, including the role and salary of each staff member. [45782/15]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is as follows: one Special Advisor to the Minister is employed with a Gross Salary of €91,624 and another Special Advisor to the Minister is employed with a Gross Salary of €82,587.
Special Adviser appointments are undertaken in accordance with the Instructions on Ministerial Appointments for the 31st Dáil (July 2014) and the Guidelines on Staffing of Ministerial Offices (March 2011) issued by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
