Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 April 2022
1120. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the salaries and expenses paid to advisers, Ministers and-or Ministers of State in his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [19741/22]
View answerAs the Deputy may be aware my Department was established in 2020. As Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, I have appointed two Special Advisers in my Department. The appointments have been made in accordance with Instructions for Ministerial Appointments as published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. These instructions set specific conditions to be met in respect of such appointments including salaries to be applied and details can be found on www.gov.ie/en/publication/9ad159-special-advisers-pay/. Both my advisers have been placed on the Principal Officer scale and are currently on the second point of that scale.
Ministerial salaries are a matter for the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and as of 1 February 2022 the salary for a Minister is €82,730. The Deputy may wish to note that this information is available at www.gov.ie/en/publication/a8bc7-pay-of-oireachtas-members-and-office-holders/.
