The table sets out details of the Special Advisers appointed to Ministers and Ministers of State for the 31st Dáil.
List of Special Advisers - 31st Dáil
Department
|
Minister/Minister of State
|
Name of Adviser
|
Sanctioned Pay Rate
|
Relevant Payscale
|
|
Simon Coveney
|
Aine Kilroy
|
€80,051
|
PO
|
Agriculture Fisheries and Food
|
|
Caitriona Fitzpatrick
|
€75,647
|
PO
|
|
Heather Humphreys
|
Lorraine Hall
|
€75,647
|
PO
|
Arts, Heritage & Gaeltacht Affairs
|
|
Sarah Meade
|
€79,401
|
PO
|
Attorney General
|
Máire Whelan
|
Sinead McCarthy
|
€75,647
|
PO
|
|
James Reilly
|
Mark Costigan
|
€87,258
|
PO
|
Children & Youth Affairs
|
|
Camile Loftus
|
€75,647
|
PO
|
|
Alex White
|
Madeline Mulrennan
|
€79,401
|
PO
|
Communications,Energy & Natural Resources
|
|
Bernard Harbor
|
€91,624
|
PO
|
Defence/Taoiseach/Chief Whip
|
Paul Kehoe
|
Mark O'Doherty
|
€80,051
|
PO
|
|
Jan O'Sullivan
|
Neil Ward
|
€75,647
|
PO
|
Education & Skills
|
|
Paul Daly
|
€80,337
|
PO
|
|
Alan Kelly
|
James McGrath
|
€75,647
|
PO
|
Environment, Community & Local Government
|
|
Liam Cahill
|
€85,750
|
PO
|
|
Michael Noonan
|
Mary Kenny
|
€83,337
|
PO
|
Finance
|
|
Paul Bolger
|
€75,647
|
PO
|
|
Charlie Flanagan
|
Sarah Kavanagh
|
€79,401
|
PO
|
|
|
Susie O’Connor
|
€79,401
|
PO
|
Foreign Affairs & Trade
|
MoS Dara Murphy
|
Conor Gouldsbury
|
€61,966
|
AP
|
|
Leo Varadkar
|
Brian Murphy
|
€99,370
|
Approved Rate
|
Health
|
|
Dominic Miller
|
€84,706
|
PO
|
|
MoS Kathleen Lynch
|
Patricia Ryan
|
€65,000
|
AP
|
|
Richard Bruton
|
Conor Quinn
|
€80,051
|
PO
|
Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation
|
|
Ciaran Conlon
|
€127,000
|
Approved Rate
|
Minister of State (SJ)
|
Ged Nash
|
Finbar O'Malley
|
€87,258
|
PO
|
|
|
Deirdre Grant
|
€84,706
|
PO
|
|
Frances Fitzgerald
|
Niamh Connolly *
|
€43,629
|
PO
|
|
|
Marrion Mannion
|
€84,706
|
PO
|
Justice & Equality
|
|
William Lavelle *
|
€40,838
|
PO
|
|
Brendan Howlin
|
Anne Byrne
|
€83,337
|
PO
|
Public Expenditure & Reform
|
|
Rónán O'Brien
|
€114,000
|
Approved Rate
|
|
Tánaiste Joan Burton
|
Ed Brophy
|
€144,550
|
Deputy Secretary
|
|
|
Terry Quinn
|
€114,224
|
Approved Rate
|
|
|
Claire Power
|
€79,401
|
PO
|
|
|
Karen O'Connell
|
€75,647
|
PO
|
Tánaiste & Social Protection
|
|
Paul O'Brien
|
€80,051
|
PO
|
|
Enda Kenny
|
Mark Kennelly
|
€168,000
|
Dep Sec
|
|
|
Andrew McDowell
|
€168,000
|
Dep Sec
|
|
|
Paul O'Brien
|
€80,051
|
PO
|
Taoiseach
|
|
Angela Flanagan
|
€80,051
|
PO
|
|
Paschal Donohoe
|
Deborah Sweeney
|
€75,647
|
PO
|
Transport, Tourism & Sport
|
|
Stephen Lynam
|
€79,401
|
PO
|
* Niamh Connolly and William Lavelle operate on a half/half work sharing basis.
The salary rates listed are those sanctioned at appointment. Annual increments may have been awarded.