Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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667. To ask the Minister for Health the number of communications staff currently employed in his Department; the cost of these staff for 2022; the expected cost for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8706/23]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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There are currently 14 staff employed in the press and communications unit in my Department. Of these 14, 12 were employed in 2022 and the cost relating to those 12 members of staff was E617,480 (not all of the 12 were employed for the full year in 2022). The projected cost for the current 14 members of staff in 2023 is E950,300.