Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 257: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of staff employed in his Department's press office; if he will outline the role and function of his Department's press office and its relationship with his own press office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38872/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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Responsibility for providing a press service to my Department myself lies with a single Press Office which is staffed by a Press Adviser and four administrative staff. The principal responsibilities are to disseminate information to the media regarding my ongoing work as Minister and a lot of the Department and to provide prompt replies to press queries.