In the context of the overall pay ceilings introduced by this Government in June 2011, I have approved no pay increases for serving public servants, advisors and CEOs of Commercial State Companies, other than in the publically notified case of the CEO of the ESB, that have breached such limits.
The table sets out the position where advisers are being paid above the Principal Officer scale.
List of Special Advisers — June 2012 — Sanction above PO
Department
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Minister/ Minister of State
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Name of Adviser
|
Sanctioned Pay Rate
|
Relevent Payscale
|
Agriculture Fisheries and Food
|
Minister Coveney
|
Ross MacMathuna
|
€110,000
|
Approved Rate
|
Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
|
Minister Rabbitte
|
Simon Nugent
|
€97,200
|
Approved Rate
|
Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
|
Minister Bruton
|
Ciaran Conlon
|
€127,000
|
Approved Rate
|
Public Expenditure and Reform
|
|
Rónán O’Brien
|
€114,000
|
Approved Rate
|
Social Protection
|
Minister Burton
|
Ed Brophy
|
€127,796
|
Ass Sec
|
Transport, Tourism and Sport
|
Minister Varadkar
|
Brian Murphy
|
€105,837
|
PO I
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