980

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Name

Title

Salary Cost 2007*

Salary Cost 2008*

Duties

€

€

Morgan Bazilian

Minister’s Special Adviser

**45,800

**144,622

Duties as appropriate to the position of Special Adviser as set out in Section 11 of the Public Service Management Act 1997.

Bríd McGrath

Minister’s Press Adviser

48,741

97,855

Duties as appropriate to the position of Special Adviser as set out in Section 11 of the Public Service Management Act 1997

Suzanne Duke

Special Adviser to Minister of State

40,822

91,546

Duties as appropriate to the position of Special Adviser as set out in Section 11 of the Public Service Management Act 1997

Claire Ann Byrne

Minister’s Personal Assistant

22,401

51,271

To provide assistance to the Minister

Grace Milton

Minister’s Personal Secretary

6,706

29,753

To provide assistance to the Minister

* Salary costs include expenses and Employer’s PRSI. All of the above named, excluding Mr. Bazilian, are members of the Non-contributory Pension Scheme for Non-established State Employees.

** Mr. Bazilian is on secondment from his existing position with Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI) and continues to receive his salary as normal from SEI. My Department refunds the salary cost for his Special Adviser post only, to SEI. Salary costs quoted above include VAT at 21%. Mr. Bazilian retains the pension arrangements of his SEI position.