Alan Kelly
Ceist:61. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will provide details of his advisers and those of the Ministers of State; the remuneration packages of same; and the date of commencement in their role. [19678/20]
Amharc ar fhreagraDáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 September 2020
61. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will provide details of his advisers and those of the Ministers of State; the remuneration packages of same; and the date of commencement in their role. [19678/20]
Amharc ar fhreagra64. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Taoiseach the names and salaries of his special advisers; and the salaries paid to each Minister of State in his Department. [19728/20]
Amharc ar fhreagra69. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a schedule of advisers, special advisers and seconded civil servants currently working in his Department appointed and or recruited and or in an acting capacity; the roles and responsibilities attributed to each; and the salary scale for the role in tabular form. [20627/20]
Amharc ar fhreagra73. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a schedule of advisers, special advisers and seconded civil servants working in his 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. [22537/20]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 61, 64, 69 and 73 together.
The persons employed by my Department as Special Advisers are detailed in the table below.
It should be noted that all appointments are subject to formal Government approval and relevant contracts will be laid before the Oireachtas in due course. All appointments will be made in line with the Public Service Management Act, 1997.
Both Ministers of State in my Department are paid the salaried allowance of €38,787 which is payable to all Ministers of State. It has been agreed that all members of the current Government and Ministers of State will gift a portion of their current remuneration effective from the date that the Government took office. The amount to be gifted by Ministers of State for 2020 will be €7,424. An additional allowance is payable to the Chief Whip for his attendance at Cabinet which will require a Government order before it can be paid.
There are currently 20 civil servants seconded to Department of the Taoiseach working in various roles across the various divisions: 1 at Assistant Secretary level, 4 at Principal Officer level, 6 at Assistant Principal level, 4 at Higher Executive level, 3 at Administrative Officer level and 2 at Clerical Officer level, none of which work as Special Advisers.
Office of the Taoiseach |
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Name |
Position |
Salary Scale |
Date of commencement |
Deirdre Gillane |
Chief of Staff (Taoiseach's Office) |
Deputy Secretary |
27 June 2020 |
Pat McParland |
Deputy Chief of Staff (Taoiseach's Office) |
Assistant Secretary |
27 June 2020 |
Alan Ahearne |
Economic Adviser to the Taoiseach |
Assistant Secretary equivalent (part-time) |
21 July 2020 |
Kevin Dillon |
Special Adviser to the Taoiseach |
Principal Officer |
27 June 2020 |
Grainne Weld |
Special Adviser to the Taoiseach |
Principal Officer |
27 June 2020 |
Diarmuid Lynch |
Special Adviser to the Taoiseach |
Principal Officer |
27 June 2020 |
Office of the Chief Whip |
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Sam Griffin |
Special Adviser to the Government Chief Whip |
Principal Officer |
15 July 2020 |
Office of the Tánaiste |
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Brian Murphy |
Chief of Staff |
Deputy Secretary |
27 June 2020 |
John Carroll |
Head of Policy and Programme Implementation |
Assistant Secretary |
27 June 2020 |
Angela Flanagan |
Special Adviser to the Tánaiste |
Principal Officer |
27 June 2020 |
Philip O'Callaghan |
Special Adviser to the Tánaiste |
Principal Officer |
27 June 2020 |
Clare Mungovan |
Special Adviser to the Tánaiste |
Principal Officer |
27 June 2020 |
Jim D'Arcy |
Special Adviser to the Tánaiste |
Assistant Principal (Higher) |
27 June 2020 |
Office of the Leader of the Green Party |
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Anna Conlan |
Joint Chief of Staff |
Assistant Secretary |
27 June 2020 |
Donall Geoghegan |
Joint Chief of Staff |
Assistant Secretary |
27 June 2020 |
Eamonn Fahey |
Special Adviser to the Leader of the Green Party |
Principal Officer |
27 June 2020 |
David Healy |
Special Adviser to the Leader of the Green Party |
Principal Officer (part-time) |
27 June 2020 |
Niamh Allen |
Special Adviser to the Leader of the Green Party |
Principal Officer (part-time) |
27 June 2020 |