Since the establishment of my Department in June 2012, I have appointed the following staff:
Grade
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Name
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Salary level
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Special Adviser
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James Kenny
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€38,216 (1st point of Principal Officer Standard Scale of €80,051, abated to take account of public service pension as a retired teacher).
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Special Adviser
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Damien Garvey
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€80,051 (1st point of Principal Officer Standard Scale)
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For the sake of completeness, I would advise that Mr. Seán Mac Cárthaigh acted as my Special Adviser from 10 March 2011 to 2 March 2012, prior to Mr. Garvey's appointment. During this period, Mr. Mac Cárthaigh continued to be employed by the Arts Council. His salary of €83,385 per annum was recouped to the Arts Council by my Department for this period.
I have also appointed a Personal Assistant and a Personal Secretary and the salary scales for each of these positions are €43,715-€56,060 and €23,820-€47,755 respectively.
In addition, both the Minister of State at my Department and I have each appointed two Civilian Drivers. The salary for a Civilian Driver is €631.75 per week.
All the above appointments are in line with Government Guidelines on Ministerial Appointments.