Ministerial Advisers

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 September 2018

Tuesday, 18 September 2018

Questions (93)

Alan Kelly

Question:

93. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach the political advisers being used by senior and junior Ministers in his Department since the commencement of this Government; the commencement dates of the employment of each; and the cessation dates of same employment in cases in which that applies. [36132/18]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills (Deputy Richard Bruton)

Details of the politically appointed staff employed by my Department and acting in an advisory capacity are as follows:

Name	Role	Commencement Date	Cessation Date
Brian Murphy	Chief of Staff	14 June 2017	n/a
John Carroll	Head of Policy and Programme Implementation	05 July 2017	n/a
Patrick Geoghegan	Special Adviser to the Taoiseach	14 June 2017	n/a
Angela Flanagan	Special Adviser to the Taoiseach	14 June 2017	n/a
Philip O'Callaghan	Special Adviser to the Taoiseach	14 June 2017	n/a
Clare Mungovan	Special Adviser to the Taoiseach	08 Jan 2018	n/a
Jim D'Arcy	Special Adviser to the Taoiseach	04 Sept 2017	n/a
Nick Miller	Spokesman and Communications Adviser to the Taoiseach	14 June 2017	31 Oct 2017
Feargal Purcell	Government Press Secretary	14 June 2017	31 Oct 2017
Nick Miller	Government Press Secretary	01 Nov 2017	n/a
Sarah Meade	Assistant Government Press Secretary	31 July 2017	n/a
Catherine Halloran	Deputy Government Press Secretary	14 June 2017	n/a

Name	Role	Commencement Date	Cessation Date
Mark O'Doherty	Special Adviser to the Government Chief Whip	14 June 2017	n/a
Greg Harkin	Special Adviser to the Government Chief Whip	14 June 2017	15 Feb 2018
Ed Carty	Special Adviser to the Government Chief Whip	12 March 2018	n/a

Name	Role	Commencement Date	Cessation Date
Tony Williams	Chief Strategist for the Independent Alliance	14 June 2017	n/a
Dónall Geoghegan	Political Coordinator for Independent Ministers	14 June 2017	n/a

Special Advisers working with Minister of State Helen McEntee and Minister of State Paul Kehoe are employed by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Department of Defence respectively.