There have been 10 Special Advisers appointed to my Department between June 1997 and February 2011. The gender breakdown of these appointments is 80% male and 20% female. The costs associated with each Special Adviser are set out in the spreadsheet below.
With regard to appointments made to State Boards and the gender ratio of these appointments, the information requested by the Deputy is not readily available for the period up to December 2006. From 1st January 2007 up to end February 2011 I can confirm that there were 638 appointments made to State Boards of which 363 were male and 275 female.
Name
|
Term
|
Cost1
|
|
|
€
|
Peter McDonagh
|
27/6/97-27/1/00
|
122,408.05
|
James Fegan
|
6/6/02-30/9/04
|
152,486.73
|
Simon Fulham
|
17/12/01-6/6/02
|
26,585.14
|
Gerry Murray*
|
2/9/02-14/11/04
|
194,435.03
|
Averil Power
|
29/9/04-15/5/08
|
333,590.61
|
Deirdre McDonnell*
|
30/5/08-29/4/10
|
214,047.01
|
Bernard Mallee
|
5/8/08-29/4/10
|
186,500.47
|
Michael Shovlin
|
23/3/10-9/3/11
|
88,423.48
|
Sean Perry
|
23/3/10-9/3/11
|
101,074.14
|
Dermot Murphy
|
23/3/10-9/3/11
|
87,285.98
|
Note
*Gerry Murray and *Deirdre McDonnell were both serving Principal Officers in the Department.
1Costs include pay, allowances, PRSI, travel and subsistence.