Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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874. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff in his Department employed to work on marketing, media and social media in 2018. [54476/18]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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There are currently three staff members assigned to the press office of this Department consisting of one Press Officer at Assistant Principal level, one Executive Officer and one Clerical Officer. In accordance with the terms and conditions set out by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, one special advisor with responsibility for press and media is employed at Principal Officer level. In addition, there is a Strategic Development and Communications Unit in the Department. The Unit focusses on: internal communications including developing responses to the findings of the Civil Service Employee Engagement Surveys; supporting Departmental engagement with external stakeholders; and the development and maintenance of the Department's website. In 2018, staffing levels consisted of one Principal Officer (who is also responsible for the Press Office), one Assistant Principal Officer, two Higher Executive Officers, two full time Executive Officers plus one half time Executive, and one Clerical Officer.

A percentage of the time of some of these staff would involve work on media and social media.