Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 30 July 2020
393. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of special advisers employed during the 32nd Dáil in each Department; the annual salary of each special adviser; and the cost of spending on special advisers, in tabular form. [20719/20]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe table sets out details of the Special Advisers appointed to Ministers and Ministers of State for the 32nd Dáil and the annual salary of each special adviser.
Special Advisers 32nd Dail
|
Department |
Minister/Minister of State |
Adviser |
Appointed |
Sanctioned Pay Rate |
Relevant Payscale |
Information |
|
Aine Kilroy |
14/06/2017 |
€87,258 |
PO Standard non PPC |
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|
Michael Creed |
Jonathan Hoare |
06/05/2016 |
€79,401 |
PO Standard |
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|
Agriculture, Food & the Marine |
MoS Andrew Doyle |
Avril Cronin |
02/10/2018 |
€66,495 |
AP Standard |
|
|
John Keogh |
08/01/2018 |
€91,943 |
PO Standard |
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|
Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht |
Josepha Madigan |
Cian Connaughton |
01/02/2018 |
€88,471 |
PO Standard |
|
|
Attorney General |
Seamus Wolfe |
Ian Fahey |
14/06/2017 |
€81,767 |
PO Standard |
|
|
Patricia Ryan |
14/06/2017 |
€85,750 |
PO Standard |
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|
Children & Youth Affairs |
Katherine Zappone |
Sinead Fennell |
09/07/2019 |
€85,823 |
PO Standard |
|
|
Sarah O'Neill |
16/10/2018 |
€85,012 |
PO Standard non PPC |
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|
Richard Bruton |
Patrick Clusky |
16/10/2018 |
€88,345 |
PO Standard non PPC |
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|
Communications, Climate Action and Environment |
MoS Sean Canney |
Robert Hughes |
07/01/2019 |
€85,823 |
PO Standard |
Departments of Communications, Climate Action & Environment and Rural & Community Development |
|
Ed Carthy |
17/10/2018 |
€85,823 |
PO Standard |
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|
Joe McHugh |
Mark O'Doherty |
17/10/2018 |
€94,535 |
PO Standard non PPC |
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|
MoS John Halligan reappointed |
Anthony McFeely |
29/06/2019 |
€66,495 |
AP Standard |
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|
Roy Dooney |
14/06/2017 |
€94,521 |
PO Standard |
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|
Education & Skills |
MoS Mary Mitchell O'Connor |
Lynda McQuaid |
25/07/2017 |
€94,521 |
PO Standard |
|
|
Daniel Rowan |
14/08/2017 |
€81,767 |
PO Standard |
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|
Rural & Community Development |
Michael Ring |
Padraig Hughes |
11/06/2018 |
€93,599 |
PO Standard Non PPC |
|
|
Jack O'Donnell |
14/06/2017 |
€81,767 |
PO Standard |
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|
Housing, Planning & Local Government |
Eoghan Murphy |
Paul Melia |
07/02/2019 |
€99,375 |
PO Standard |
|
|
Caitríona Fitzpatrick |
15/06/2017 |
€78,670 |
PO Standard non PPC |
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|
Matt Lynch |
04/12/2017 |
€88,471 |
PO Standard |
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|
Chris Donoghue |
04/12/2017 |
€98,391 |
PO Standard |
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|
Simon Coveney |
Laura McGonigle |
22/07/2019 |
€92,862 |
PO Standard |
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|
Tanaiste & Foreign Affairs & Trade |
MoS Helen McEntee |
Paul Fox |
04/09/2017 |
€65,093 |
AP Standard |
|
|
Joanne Lonergan |
14/06/2017 |
€87,258 |
PO Standard non PPC |
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|
Simon Harris |
Sarah Bardon |
20/09/2018 |
€84,973 |
PO Standard |
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|
Gerry Maguirre |
14/06/2017 |
€75,647 |
PO Standard non PPC |
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|
MoS Finian McGrath |
Damien O'Farrell |
14/06/2017 |
€79,401 |
PO Standard |
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|
MoS Jim Daly |
Darren Hourihan |
07/09/2017 |
€73,846 |
AP Standard |
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|
Health |
MoS Catherine Byrne |
Nicola Clavin |
01/05/2018 |
€65,837 |
AP Standard |
|
|
Pauric McPhillips |
14/06/2017 |
€85,091 |
PO Standard |
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|
Business, Enterprise & Innovation |
Heather Humphreys |
Lucy Moylan |
18/09/2017 |
€81,767 |
PO Standard |
|
|
Sean Kavanagh |
15/06/2017 |
€85,091 |
PO Standard |
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|
Justice & Equality |
Charlie Flanagan |
Caroline Murphy |
10/04/2018 |
€91,943 |
PO Standard |
|
|
Deborah Sweeney |
15/06/2017 |
€88,392 |
PO Standard |
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|
Paschal Donohoe |
Ed Brophy |
12/02/2018 |
€98,391 |
PO Standard |
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|
MoS Kevin 'Boxer' Moran |
Eugene Deering |
03/06/2017 |
€65,000 |
AP Standard |
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|
Finance/Public Expenditure & Reform |
MoS Michael D'Arcy |
Caroline Hofman |
04/06/2019 |
€66,495 |
AP Standard |
|
|
Denise Duffy |
14/06/2017 |
€81,767 |
PO Standard |
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|
Employment Affairs and Social Protection |
Regina Doherty |
Alex Connolly |
01/10/2018 |
€107,109 |
On Secondment from Failte Ireland |
|
|
Angela Flanagan |
14/06/2017 |
€105,000 |
PO Standard (Off Scale) |
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|
Brian Murphy |
14/06/2017 |
€157,433 |
Deputy Secretary |
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|
John Carroll |
05/07/2017 |
€128,682 |
Assistant Secretary |
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|
Philip O'Callaghan |
14/06/2017 |
€81,767 |
PO Standard |
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|
Patrick Geoghegan |
14/06/2017 |
Assistant Secretary |
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|
Jim D'Arcy |
04/09/2017 |
€74,498 |
AP Higher |
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|
Taoiseach and Defence |
Leo Varadkar |
Claire Mungovan |
30/01/2018 |
€88,471 |
PO Standard |
|
|
Tony Williams |
14/06/2017 |
€94,521 |
PO Standard |
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|
Independent Alliance |
Donal Geoghegan |
14/06/2017 |
€94,521 |
PO Standard |
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|
Peter Harper |
16/10/2018 |
€85,823 |
PO Standard |
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|
Chief Whip |
Sean Kyne |
Peter Feeney |
16/10/2018 |
€85,823 |
Po Standard |
|
|
Niall O'Connor |
29/01/2018 |
€84,973 |
PO Standard |
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|
Defence/Taoiseach |
MoS Paul Kehoe |
John Coughlan |
14/06/2017 |
€79,401 |
PO Standard |
|
|
Aisling Dunne |
15/06/2017 |
€79,401 |
PO Standard |
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|
Richard Moore |
01/07/2019 |
€85,823 |
PO Standard |
Covering Sick Leave |
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|
Transport, Tourism & Sport |
Shane Ross |
Carol Hunt |
15/06/2017 |
€79,401 |
PO Standard |
The salary rates listed are those sanctioned at appointment. Annual increments may have been awarded.
