Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 361: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of press officers that are employed in his Department, employed in each agency reporting to his Department, were employed in his Department in 2002 and were employed in each agency reporting to his Department in 2002; and if he will provide the information in tabular readable form. [32358/07]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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Currently there is one Press Advisor at Principal Officer Higher level employed in my Department. In addition, the Press Office in my Department is staffed by a Higher Executive Officer and 2 staff at Executive Officer level, one of whom is employed on a worksharing basis.

In 2002, the Press Office in my Department was staffed by one Higher Executive Officer and one Clerical Officer. The Advisor to the Minister also undertook media duties.

The staffing of Press Offices in the agencies under my Department is a day to day matter for those agencies.