Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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653. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in his Department employed to work on marketing, media and social media in 2018. [54483/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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My Department's Press and Communications Office has a Head of Communications at Principal Officer level and six other members of staff who were engaged in work on media and social media in relation to the general work of the Department during 2018. Separately, a Head of Communications with specific responsibilities in relation to the Sláintecare Programme Office was appointed in December 2018.

In addition there are other employees in various Units throughout the Department whose work would include some elements of communications, media and social media alongside their main duties.