Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 April 2013
55. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of all pay increases awarded to special advisers in his Department over the last two years. [18313/13]
Amharc ar fhreagra56. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in a tabular format a list of all his special advisers pay and that of his Minister of State, to include each salary, name of employee above principal officer standard scale salary rate; and if he will supply the total pay bill for all his special advisers for 2012 [18327/13]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 55 and 56 together.
Details of the salaries paid to Special Advisers in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, which are commensurate with the responsibilities attaching to their positions, are provided in the following table.
|
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 |
€86,604 |
|
Niamh Sweeney |
Special Adviser – Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade |
€80,051 |
|
Stephen O’Shea |
Special Adviser - Minister of State for European Affairs |
€64,257 |
Ms Jean O’Mahony received salary increments of €3,286 and €3,267 in March 2012 and March 2013 respectively and Mr Stephen O’Shea received a salary increment of €2,291 in November 2012, in line with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform guidelines relating to Special Advisers. The total cost of the salaries paid to Special Advisers in 2012 was €483,635.
