Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 26 Mar 2002

Vol. 551 No. 2

Written Answers. - Special Advisers.

Ruairí Quinn

Ceist:

230 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for Finance the amount paid since 26 June 1997 to date in fees, salary, allowances including delegates' allowances, expenses and other payments to any person in or under the aegis of his Department who is or was a special adviser within the meaning of the Ethics in Public Office Act, 1995; the name of the person in each case, the amount paid to each person; if he will provide a breakdown as between salary, allowances, expenses and other payments; the date on which each person was appointed; in the case of persons no longer holding such position, the date on which the appointment ceased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9935/02]

Minister for Finance (Mr. McCreevy)

The details of salaries, allowances and expenses paid to those persons in or under the aegis of my Department, who is or was a special adviser within the meaning of the Ethics in Public Office Act, 1995 are given for the period 26 June 1997 to date in the table hereunder.

Name	Michael Fitzpatrick	Mandy Johnson	Noeleen McCreevy
Position Held	Personal Assistant	Press and InformationOfficer	Personal Secretary
Date of Appointment	27/06/1997	27/06/1997	27/06/1997
Salary Details
26/06/97 – 02/04/98	IR£21,794.11	IR£35,711.26	IR£20,490.89
03/04/98 – 01/04/99	IR£23,592.95	IR£40,454.67	IR£24,826.82
02/04/99 – 30/03/00	IR£24,953.09	IR£45,989.31	IR£24,503.41
31/03/00 – 29/03/01	IR£27,283.31	IR£49,844.16	IR£26,158.01
30/03/01 – 20/12/01	IR£21,245.37	IR£40,530.21	IR£20,784.01
21/12/01 – 14/03/02	IR£6,962.43	IR£13,416.64	IR£ 6,807.60
Total Salary	IR£125,831.26	IR£225,946.25	IR£123,570.74
Euro Equivalent	€159,772.74	€286,892.56	€156,902.47
Allowance Details
26/06/97 – 02/04/98	—	—	IR£1,425.58
03/04/98 – 01/04/99	—	—	IR£2,068.63
02/04/99 – 30/03/00	—	—	IR£2,071.08
31/03/00 – 29/03/01	—	—	IR£2,253.35
30/03/01 – 20/12/01	—	—	IR£1,803.05
21/12/01 – 14/03/02	—	—	IR£574.80
Total Allowances	—	—	IR£10,196.49
Euro Equivalent	—	—	€12,946.87

Name	Michael Fitzpatrick	Mandy Johnson	Noeleen McCreevy
Expenses Details
26/06/97 – 02/04/98	IR£3,513.97	IR£2,745.18	—
03/04/98 – 01/04/99	IR£6,091.39	IR£2,152.69	IR£1,056.43
02/04/99 – 30/03/00	IR£5,316.52	IR£1,767.24	IR£578.35
31/03/00 – 29/03/01	IR£6,980.62	IR£1,597.54	IR£639.96
30/03/01 – 20/12/01	IR£7,300.05	IR£1,095.19	—
21/12/01 – 14/03/02	—	IR£328.44	—
Total Expenses	IR£29,202.55	IR£9,868.28	IR£2,274.74
Euro Equivalent	€37,079.59	€12,530.13	€2,888.32
Overall Total	IR£155,033.81	IR£235,814.53	IR£136,041.97
Euro Equivalent	€196,852.33	€299,422.69	€172,737.66