Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 7 April 2022
157. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the salaries and pensions paid out to special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State in his Department in 2020 and 2021, broken down by Minister in tabular form. [11393/22]
View answerThe tables below set out the gross salary rates for the Special Advisers to Ministers and Minister of State in my Department at year end 2020 and year end 2021. In respect of the records held by my Department, there were no pensions paid out to the Special Advisers during 2020 or 2021.
32 nd Dáil – dissolved on 27 th June 2020
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Office of the Minister for Business, Enterprise & Innovation Heather - Humphreys, T.D. |
Year end 2020Gross Salary Rate |
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Special Adviser 1 |
€94,487 |
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Special Adviser 2 |
€101,114 |
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Office of the Minister of State for Training, Skills, Research & Innovation - John Halligan , T.D. |
Year 2020 Salary paid |
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Special Adviser – on D/Education payroll for duration of employment |
Records held with D/Education |
33 rd Dáil – Formed on 27 th June 2020
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Office of the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Employment – Leo Varadkar, T.D. |
Year end 2020Gross Salary rate |
Year end 2021 Gross Salary rate |
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Special Adviser 1 |
€100,044 |
€105,463 |
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Special Adviser 2 |
€103,106 |
€105,463 |
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Office of the Minister of State for Business, Employment & Retail – Damien English, T.D. |
Year end 2020Gross Salary rate |
Year end 2021 Gross Salary rate |
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Special Adviser |
€77,411 |
€81,593 |
