asked the Taoiseach the name, rank, salary, allowances and terms and conditions of employment of advisers and assistants, other than civil servants, at present employed by him or his Ministers of State.

The only changes, since my reply of 8 March 1983, to a similar question from the Deputy, were: (i) the resignation of Mr. Jim O'Leary, economic adviser on 18 May, and (ii) the appointment of Ms. Attracta Halpin as a special adviser (Arts Officer) on 5 October in the place of Mr. Tony Cronin, adviser on cultural affairs, whose contract expired on the 30 June 1983. Ms. Halpin has been appointed on a contract basis for the duration of the Government at her existing salary of £16,652 on secondment from the National Council for Educational Awards.