Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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601. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of part-time and full-time media advisers employed in her Department; the civil service grade of each media adviser; and the cost over a full year of employing all such advisers. [31243/18]

Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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Since my appointment as Minister on the 30th November 2017, and as provided for by the Public Service Management Act 1997, I have appointed two Special Advisers, one of which has been appointed as my full-time Media Adviser since the 8th January 2018.  This Special Adviser has extensive experience as a senior editor with over twenty years’ experience in both traditional and digital media and is paid at the third point of the Principal Officer (Standard Scale).