Ministerial Staff

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 April 2011

Tuesday, 12 April 2011

Ceisteanna (217)

Jerry Buttimer

Ceist:

236 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the number of special advisers appointed in his Department between June 1997 and February 2011; the cost of each special adviser appointed to his office between June 1997 and February 2011; the gender ratio of these appointments between June 1997 and February 2011; the number of appointments to State boards made during the period June 1997 to February 2011; and the gender ratio of appointments made to State boards during the period June 1997 to February 2011. [7428/11]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport (Deputy Jimmy Deenihan)

Since the establishment of the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism in June 2002, a total of 6 Special Advisers as defined under Section 11 of the Public Service Management Act, 1997, were appointed. Of the 6 appointees, 4 were male and 2 were female. The Special Advisers in question were paid at the following salary levels;

Name	Title	Date of appointment	Salary
Tony Cotter	Special Adviser	7 June 2002	Principal Officer Standard Scale plus 10% attraction allowance
Dan Collins	Special Adviser	16 May 2006	Principal Officer Standard Scale
Frank Lahiffe	Special Adviser	14 June 2007	Principal Officer Standard Scale
Tom Rowley	Special Adviser	14 June 2007	Principal Officer Higher Scale
Michelle Hoctor	Press Adviser	7 May 2008	Principal Officer Standard Scale
Averil Power	Special Adviser	23 March 2010	Principal Officer Standard Scale

With regard to the gender ratio of appointments to state boards under the aegis of my Department, I set out the information below.

Number of appointments to state boards under aegis of Department	Male Appointees	Female Appointees
273	161	112