Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

I heard the Taoiseach reply that the communications unit is a normal Civil Service section within his Department. Can he describe the reporting relationship of the unit? To whom does the unit report within the Department and how are directions given to the unit?

If the work of the communications unit is purely non-political, could the briefing material it prepares, which I presume is communicated electronically, be made available to Opposition parties?

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