Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 December 2013
115. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the names and amount by which each programme manager or special adviser in his Department has exceeded the relevant pay guidelines, as laid down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54756/13]
View answerThe Guidelines for Ministerial Appointments, issued in March 2011, provide for Special Advisers to be placed on the Principal Officer (standard) scale: €75,647-€78,670-€81,676-€84,706-€87,25 (Scale as amended by the Haddington Road Agreement). Appointments should be on the first point of the scale, except where the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform sanctions a higher salary rate.
One Special Adviser in my Department has been appointed at a higher salary. Mr Ronán O’Brien was appointed at a single point salary, currently at €106.880, having regard to his previous earnings immediately before taking up this position.
