Ministerial Advisers

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 September 2020

Tuesday, 8 September 2020

Questions (61, 64, 69, 73)

Alan Kelly

Question:

61. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will provide details of his advisers and those of the Ministers of State; the remuneration packages of same; and the date of commencement in their role. [19678/20]

Gerald Nash

Question:

64. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Taoiseach the names and salaries of his special advisers; and the salaries paid to each Minister of State in his Department. [19728/20]

Catherine Murphy

Question:

69. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a schedule of advisers, special advisers and seconded civil servants currently working in his Department appointed and or recruited and or in an acting capacity; the roles and responsibilities attributed to each; and the salary scale for the role in tabular form. [20627/20]

Catherine Murphy

Question:

73. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a schedule of advisers, special advisers and seconded civil servants working in his Department appointed and or recruited and or in an acting capacity; the roles and responsibilities attributed to each; and the salary scale for each role in tabular form. [22537/20]

Written answers

The Taoiseach

I propose to take Questions Nos. 61, 64, 69 and 73 together.

The persons employed by my Department as Special Advisers are detailed in the table below.

It should be noted that all appointments are subject to formal Government approval and relevant contracts will be laid before the Oireachtas in due course. All appointments will be made in line with the Public Service Management Act, 1997.

Both Ministers of State in my Department are paid the salaried allowance of €38,787 which is payable to all Ministers of State. It has been agreed that all members of the current Government and Ministers of State will gift a portion of their current remuneration effective from the date that the Government took office. The amount to be gifted by Ministers of State for 2020 will be €7,424. An additional allowance is payable to the Chief Whip for his attendance at Cabinet which will require a Government order before it can be paid.

There are currently 20 civil servants seconded to Department of the Taoiseach working in various roles across the various divisions: 1 at Assistant Secretary level, 4 at Principal Officer level, 6 at Assistant Principal level, 4 at Higher Executive level, 3 at Administrative Officer level and 2 at Clerical Officer level, none of which work as Special Advisers.

			Office of the Taoiseach
Name	Position	Salary Scale	Date of commencement
Deirdre Gillane	Chief of Staff (Taoiseach's Office)	Deputy Secretary	27 June 2020
Pat McParland	Deputy Chief of Staff (Taoiseach's Office)	Assistant Secretary	27 June 2020
Alan Ahearne	Economic Adviser to the Taoiseach	Assistant Secretary equivalent (part-time)	21 July 2020
Kevin Dillon	Special Adviser to the Taoiseach	Principal Officer	27 June 2020
Grainne Weld	Special Adviser to the Taoiseach	Principal Officer	27 June 2020
Diarmuid Lynch	Special Adviser to the Taoiseach	Principal Officer	27 June 2020
			Office of the Chief Whip
Sam Griffin	Special Adviser to the Government Chief Whip	Principal Officer	15 July 2020
			Office of the Tánaiste
Brian Murphy	Chief of Staff	Deputy Secretary	27 June 2020
John Carroll	Head of Policy and Programme Implementation	Assistant Secretary	27 June 2020
Angela Flanagan	Special Adviser to the Tánaiste	Principal Officer	27 June 2020
Philip O'Callaghan	Special Adviser to the Tánaiste	Principal Officer	27 June 2020
Clare Mungovan	Special Adviser to the Tánaiste	Principal Officer	27 June 2020
Jim D'Arcy	Special Adviser to the Tánaiste	Assistant Principal (Higher)	27 June 2020
			Office of the Leader of the Green Party
Anna Conlan	Joint Chief of Staff	Assistant Secretary	27 June 2020
Donall Geoghegan	Joint Chief of Staff	Assistant Secretary	27 June 2020
Eamonn Fahey	Special Adviser to the Leader of the Green Party	Principal Officer	27 June 2020
David Healy	Special Adviser to the Leader of the Green Party	Principal Officer (part-time)	27 June 2020
Niamh Allen	Special Adviser to the Leader of the Green Party	Principal Officer (part-time)	27 June 2020