Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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146. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of departmental staff in her press office; the reporting relationship in operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46036/17]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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My Department has a number of strategic communications priorities for the latter end of this year and into 2018, particularly in the areas of: Brexit; Regional Job Creation; Research, Development and Innovation.

The Press Office within my Department is heavily involved in the communications of those priorities through a range of media facing work. In addition the Press Office responds to media queries on an ongoing basis, and supports me in my work as Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation and Tánaiste, as well as the two Ministers of State at the Department.

The office is staffed by one Higher Executive Officer, one Executive Officer and two Clerical Officers and is part of a wider departmental Communications team which is managed at Principal Officer level and overseen by an Assistant Secretary.