Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 30 July 2020
394. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of special advisers employed during the 31st Dáil in each Department; the annual salary of each special adviser; and the cost of spending on special advisers, in tabular form. [20720/20]
View answerThe table sets out details of the Special Advisers appointed to Ministers and Ministers of State for the 31st Dáil.
List of Special Advisers - 31st Dáil
|
Department |
Minister/Minister of State |
Name of Adviser |
Sanctioned Pay Rate |
Relevant Payscale |
|
Simon Coveney |
Aine Kilroy |
€80,051 |
PO |
|
|
Agriculture Fisheries and Food |
Caitriona Fitzpatrick |
€75,647 |
PO |
|
|
Heather Humphreys |
Lorraine Hall |
€75,647 |
PO |
|
|
Arts, Heritage & Gaeltacht Affairs |
Sarah Meade |
€79,401 |
PO |
|
|
Attorney General |
Máire Whelan |
Sinead McCarthy |
€75,647 |
PO |
|
James Reilly |
Mark Costigan |
€87,258 |
PO |
|
|
Children & Youth Affairs |
Camile Loftus |
€75,647 |
PO |
|
|
Alex White |
Madeline Mulrennan |
€79,401 |
PO |
|
|
Communications,Energy & Natural Resources |
Bernard Harbor |
€91,624 |
PO |
|
|
Defence/Taoiseach/Chief Whip |
Paul Kehoe |
Mark O'Doherty |
€80,051 |
PO |
|
Jan O'Sullivan |
Neil Ward |
€75,647 |
PO |
|
|
Education & Skills |
Paul Daly |
€80,337 |
PO |
|
|
Alan Kelly |
James McGrath |
€75,647 |
PO |
|
|
Environment, Community & Local Government |
Liam Cahill |
€85,750 |
PO |
|
|
Michael Noonan |
Mary Kenny |
€83,337 |
PO |
|
|
Finance |
Paul Bolger |
€75,647 |
PO |
|
|
Charlie Flanagan |
Sarah Kavanagh |
€79,401 |
PO |
|
|
Susie O’Connor |
€79,401 |
PO |
||
|
Foreign Affairs & Trade |
MoS Dara Murphy |
Conor Gouldsbury |
€61,966 |
AP |
|
Leo Varadkar |
Brian Murphy |
€99,370 |
Approved Rate |
|
|
Health |
Dominic Miller |
€84,706 |
PO |
|
|
MoS Kathleen Lynch |
Patricia Ryan |
€65,000 |
AP |
|
|
Richard Bruton |
Conor Quinn |
€80,051 |
PO |
|
|
Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation |
Ciaran Conlon |
€127,000 |
Approved Rate |
|
|
Minister of State (SJ) |
Ged Nash |
Finbar O'Malley |
€87,258 |
PO |
|
Deirdre Grant |
€84,706 |
PO |
||
|
Frances Fitzgerald |
Niamh Connolly * |
€43,629 |
PO |
|
|
Marrion Mannion |
€84,706 |
PO |
||
|
Justice & Equality |
William Lavelle * |
€40,838 |
PO |
|
|
Brendan Howlin |
Anne Byrne |
€83,337 |
PO |
|
|
Public Expenditure & Reform |
Rónán O'Brien |
€114,000 |
Approved Rate |
|
|
Tánaiste Joan Burton |
Ed Brophy |
€144,550 |
Deputy Secretary |
|
|
Terry Quinn |
€114,224 |
Approved Rate |
||
|
Claire Power |
€79,401 |
PO |
||
|
Karen O'Connell |
€75,647 |
PO |
||
|
Tánaiste & Social Protection |
Paul O'Brien |
€80,051 |
PO |
|
|
Enda Kenny |
Mark Kennelly |
€168,000 |
Dep Sec |
|
|
Andrew McDowell |
€168,000 |
Dep Sec |
||
|
Paul O'Brien |
€80,051 |
PO |
||
|
Taoiseach |
Angela Flanagan |
€80,051 |
PO |
|
|
Paschal Donohoe |
Deborah Sweeney |
€75,647 |
PO |
|
|
Transport, Tourism & Sport |
Stephen Lynam |
€79,401 |
PO |
* Niamh Connolly and William Lavelle operate on a half/half work sharing basis.
The salary rates listed are those sanctioned at appointment. Annual increments may have been awarded.
