Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 30 July 2020
786. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the names and salaries of her special advisers; the salaries paid to each Minister and Minister of State in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19720/20]
View answerOn the commencement of every Dáil, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform issues guidelines setting out the arrangements for the staffing of Ministerial Offices. The Guidelines for the 33rd Dáil are currently awaiting Government approval.
It should be noted that the appointment of individual Special Advisers is a matter for each Government Minister subject to the terms set out in the aforementioned guidelines, although the appointments are also subject to formal Government approval. At this stage, no Special Advisers have been formally appointed to my Department by the Government. However, the Deputy may wish to note that I have assigned two Special Advisers to work with me, a Special Adviser on policy and a Press Adviser, and these persons will be formally appointed by the Government once the Guidelines have been approved.
