Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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576. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of part-time and full-time media advisers employed in his Department; the Civil Service grade of each media adviser; and the cost over a full year of employing all such advisers. [31250/18]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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I have appointed two special advisers in my Department since my appointment as Minister, both of whom work across the wide range of policy areas within the remit of my Department and who also liaise with the media on those issues.

In accordance with the guidelines set out by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on Ministerial appointments for the 32nd Dail, both are paid on the Principal Officer pay-scale which runs from €84,973 to €104,507.