Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 April 2022
969. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the salaries and pensions paid out to special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State in her Department in 2020 and 2021, broken down by Minister in tabular form. [11393/22]
View answerThe salaries and pensions paid out by my Department to special advisors to Ministers and Ministers of State in 2020 and 2021 are set out in the Table below:
|
Year |
Salary |
Pension |
|
|
Ministers Advisors |
2020 |
€202,522 |
€0 |
|
2021 |
€100,395 |
€0 |
|
|
Ministers of State Advisors |
2020 |
€0 |
€0 |
|
2021 |
€72,329 |
€0 |
Please note between 01/01/2020 to 26/06/2020 my Department had two Ministerial advisors and no Minister of State advisors on its payroll.
After the formation of the 33rd Dáil on 27th of June 2020, my Department had one Ministerial advisor on its payroll.
In 2021 my Department had one Ministerial advisor and one Minister of State advisor on its payroll.
