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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 June 2012

Tuesday, 12 June 2012

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Mary Lou McDonald

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174 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide the name, position and annual salary awarded to each of his special advisers; if he will provide details of any request made for an increase above the special adviser pay cap from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the amount of the increase sought. [27897/12]

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The following are details of the Special Advisers appointed by me since I took up duty as Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs on 9 March 2011. The salaries attaching to the first two listed posts are commensurate with the responsibilities the post holders carry in the Office of the Tánaiste. The salary for Ms Jean O'Mahony, which is within the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform guidelines relating to Special Advisers, includes a scale increment awarded on 10 March 2012 in line with those guidelines. No other pay increases have been sought or awarded since the original appointments.

Name

Position held

Annual Salary

Mark Garrett

Chief Adviser — Office of the Tánaiste

€168,000

Colm O’Reardon

Economic Adviser — Office of the Tánaiste

€155,000

Jean O’Mahony

Special Adviser — Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade

€83,337

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