Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

The names and titles of all new advisers hired to work with ministers and ministers of state since the formation of the new government, as well as details of which ministers they have been assigned to work with, and any available details of their duties and responsibilities. A copy of any requests (via email, traditional mail or any other format) to the Minister or secretary general of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to sanction any increments or increases to the standard pay scale for advisers to Ministers or Ministers of State, since the formation of the new government. This information should include which adviser the increment was being sought on behalf of, the reasons set out as to why such an increment was necessary, and whether the Minister or secretary general of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform approved the request. The timescale I am interested in begins on the first day of the new government on June 27, 2020 and the day that work begins on this FOI.