Appointments to the positions of Special Adviser are made in line with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Instructions to Personnel Officers - Ministerial Appointments for the 32nd Dáil.
Please find below the names of the Special Advisers appointed to Ministers in this Department since the commencement of the Government, the commencement dates of the employment of each and their cessation date where applicable, in the following tabular statement.
Minister
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Date
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Special Adviser
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Commencement Date
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Cessation Date
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Mary Mitchell O’Connor, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
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6/5/2016 to 13/6/2017
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Alan Cantwell
Jim McGrath
Ellen Lynch
Roy Dooney
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13/5/2016
13/6/2016
9/1/2017
23/1/2017
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5/11/2016
21/1/2017
13/6/2017
13/6/2017
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Frances Fitzgerald, an Tánaiste and Minister for Business Enterprise and Innovation
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14/6/2017 to 29/11/2017
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Marion Mannion
Matthew Lynch
Aoife Sweeney
Stephen O’Shea
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14/6/2017 14/6/2017 4/9/2017 14/6/2017
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29/11/2017
29/11/2017
29/11/2017
29/7/2017
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Heather Humphreys, Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation
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30/11/2017 to date
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Lucy Moylan
Pauric McPhillips
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30/11/2017
30/11/2017
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N/A
N/A
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Minister Pat Breen, Minister of State for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection.
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19/5/2016 to date
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None
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N/A
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N/A
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Minister John Halligan, Minister of State for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development
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19/5/2016
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Michelle Clancy*
Anthony Feely*
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14/11/2016
29/5/2019
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18/5/2019
N/A
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* Due to the fact that Minister Halligan’s responsibilities span two departments (this Department and the Department of Education and skills), the Special Adviser to Minister of State John Halligan T.D. is appointed by the Department of Education and Skills.