Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance 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. [32365/07]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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I will set out the position in relation to my Department and the Offices for which I have direct responsibility which have posts designated as Press Officers. In other cases, contact with the media is normally dealt with by staff in general service grades or staff in the relevant area of the organisation concerned. The answer does not cover the NTMA or Central Bank which are responsible for their own staffing arrangements.