Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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159.To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide a list of the names of each special adviser employed by his Department since 2020; the Minister and Minister of State whom each adviser is associated with, and their respective salaries, in tabular form; the areas of expertise covered by such advisers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34927/24]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Special Advisors appointed to the Minister for Defence are employees of the Department of Foreign Affairs.

Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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160.To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of the expenses paid to ministerial advisers in his Department in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34945/24]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Advisers appointed to the Minister for Defence are employees of the Department of Foreign Affairs and as such, their salary and any expenses incurred are administered by that Department.