Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 779: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all Special Advisors appointed by him or his Ministers of State since March 2011 whose salary exceeds the first pay point of the Principal Officer Standard Scale; the Special Advisors names and salaries; salary increases awarded the aforementioned Special Advisors since March 2011. [36606/12]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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In March 2011 I appointed Mr Mark Costigan as my Press Advisor. In view of his previous salary in his position as Deputy Government Press Secretary and the extent of his experience in that role, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform sanctioned a salary for Mr Costigan at the maximum point of the Principal Officer Standard Scale (€92,672). He remains on that salary.