Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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499. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set down the number of staff who work exclusively on constituency matters for him. [15457/16]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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On the commencement of each Dáil, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) issues guidelines setting out the arrangements for the staffing of Ministerial Offices including the permitted staffing levels in the private and constituency offices of Ministers and Ministers of State.

My Department is currently awaiting these guidelines in order to finalises contracts to persons allowing them to work on constituency matters.