Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 633: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of press officers and press advisers in her Department; the rank and pay of each; the description of work done; the persons to whom the information is circulated or made accessible to; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33531/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The work of the Press Office which has responsibility for press and media matters is carried out by a unit of the Corporate Affairs Division in my Department. The equivalent of 4.5 staff work full-time on media communications duties in this unit, all of whom are civil servants. This includes one civil servant at Assistant Principal Officer level who works as the Department's Press and Information Officer. His annual salary is €73,784 and the post carries an annual allowance of €8464.