Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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902. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what meetings of the strategic communications unit he or his departmental officials have attended; the date and location of each such meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45984/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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There has been one meeting between my Department and the Strategic Communications Unit of the Department of the Taoiseach.  I attended this meeting along with the Secretary General of my Department, the Assistant Secretary with responsibility for Human Resources and Corporate Affairs and my Special Advisor. The meeting took place in Agriculture House on Thursday 5th October 2017. 

My Department, along with the Government, wants to make it easier for members of the public to understand its work and the services it provides. Officials from my Department and I will engage with the Strategic Communications Unit to ensure that factual information on Government services is delivered to members of the public in a non-partisan way.

To that end, an Assistant Secretary in my Department has been assigned responsibility for communications and will work to ensure cross Government cooperation in that regard.