Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 21 July 2016
694. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health to provide the name, position and annual salary awarded to their special advisers; to provide details for requests, if any, for an increase above the special advisers' pay cap as set by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24316/16]
View answerThere have been two special advisers appointed to me as Minister for Health (Joanne Lonergan and Majella Fitzpatrick) and one appointed to the Minister of State Finian McGrath (Damian O'Farrell). The salaries applicable to all three advisers is the standard scale for the grade of Principal Officer in the Civil Service (€79,401 - €91,624) in accordance with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform instructions to Personnel Officers on Ministerial Appointments for the 32nd Dáil. There have been no requests for an increase above that level.
