There are 21 political staff employed by my Department, details as follows:
Position
|
Annual Salary
|
Chief of Staff
|
€156,380
|
Special Adviser to the Taoiseach for Policy and Programme Implementation
|
€87,258
|
Special Adviser to the Taoiseach for Policy and Programme Implementation
|
€87,258
|
Special Adviser to the Government Chief Whip
|
€87,258
|
Special Adviser to the Government Chief Whip
|
€79,401
|
Personal Assistant to the Taoiseach
|
€77,275
|
Personal Assistant to the Taoiseach
|
€68,293
|
Personal Assistant to the Taoiseach
|
€68,293
|
Personal Assistant to the Taoiseach
|
€55,415
|
Personal Assistant to the Taoiseach
|
€65,000
|
Personal Assistant to the Taoiseach
|
€72,546
|
Personal Secretary to the Taoiseach
|
€46,315
|
Personal Secretary to the Taoiseach
|
€37,588
|
Government Press Secretary
|
€118,931
|
Assistant Government Press Secretary
|
€65,000
|
Deputy Government Press Secretary
|
€91,624
|
Chief Strategist to the Independent Alliance
|
€91,624
|
Political Coordinator to the Ministers in Government
|
€91,624
|
Civilian Driver for the Government Chief Whip
|
€32,965
|
Civilian Driver for the Government Chief Whip
|
€34,700
|
Civilian Driver for the Leader of the Seanad
|
€34,700
|
Total:
|
€1,549,448
|
The political staff working with Minister of State Paul Kehoe, Minister of State Dara Murphy and Minister of State Joe McHugh are not on the payroll of my Department.