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Special advisers to Government ministers earn over €4.5 million in salaries The advisers’ pay ranges from €67,659 to €180,276, with 18 of them earning more than €100,000. By Ceimin Burke Friday 15 Jan 2021, 7:34 PM Jan 15th 2021, 7:34 PM 32,528 Views 90 Comments Image: Julien Behal Photography via RollingNews.ie Image: Julien Behal Photography via RollingNews.ie THE GOVERNMENT HAS released details of a €4.5 million pay package earned by special advisers who counsel ministers and ministers of state. The latest list of government special advisers published today shows the pay rates of 48 different media and policy advisers employed to provide advice to different ministers. The combined yearly earnings of the advisers comes to a total bill of €4,508,405, however that figu ....