Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 September 2020
384. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a schedule of advisers, special advisers and seconded civil servants working in her Department appointed and-or recruited and-or in an acting capacity; the roles and responsibilities attributed to each; and the salary scale for each role in tabular form. [22534/20]
Amharc ar fhreagraOn the commencement of every Dáil, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform issues guidelines setting out the arrangements for the staffing of Ministerial Offices. The appointment of Special Advisers is subject to section 11 of the Public Service Management Act 1997.
The appointment of individual Special Advisers is a matter for each Government Minister subject to the terms set out in the aforementioned guidelines, although the appointments are also subject to formal Government approval. As permitted, two Special Advisers are being appointed to my Department.
One of these two advisors, Mr Juno McEnroe commenced working as a Special Adviser in my Department on 1st September.
The salaries to be paid in all cases for Special Advisers will be published in due course on the website of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
No civil servants have been seconded to my Department since the formation of the 33rd Dáil.
