Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 263: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of core function staff dealing with arts, sports and tourism relative to support staff numbers in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28243/07]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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There is currently a total of 177 staff serving in my Department which includes the National Archives. Of these 112 are dealing with Arts, Sport and Tourism functions while 65 staff are providing support services in areas such as Human Resources and Corporate Development, Finance, Information Technology, Audit and in my Private and Constituency Offices. It should also be noted that there are 18 agencies under the aegis of my Department involved in the implementation of policies and programmes, relating to the three sectors under its remit, in respect of which my Department has responsibility for corporate governance matters. As the staffing numbers in my Department are relatively small it does not benefit from economies of scale in regard to the provision of support services.