Howlin calls on Taoiseach to reveal cost of new Strategic Communications Unit

Latest:Labour leader Brendan Howlin hascalled on the Taoiseach to reveal the real cost of the expansion of communications staff in Government.

Update 6.05pm: Labour leader Brendan Howlin hascalled on the Taoiseach to reveal the real cost of the expansion of communications staff in Government.

Responding to a question from Deputy Howlin on Leaders' Questions in the Dáil today, Leo Varadkar said he did not yet know the net cost of the new unit, despite previously promising that this unit would be ‘cost neutral’.