Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)
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805. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new staff that started in the press and communications unit of his Department between 1 October and 31 December 2020; and the number of those new staff that still work in the unit. [4219/21]

Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)
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806. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new staff that started in the press and communications unit of his Department between 1 October and 31 December 2020 that came from panels; and the number recruited outside of panels. [4220/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 805 and 806 together.

Between the period 1st October and 31st December 2020 three new staff started working in the Press and Communications Unit who were assigned from various PAS panels. One of the three remains within that Unit.

Separately, the Department intended to appoint a person to a temporary position on secondment from another organisation. For particular reasons it was not possible to proceed with this secondment and the individual remains with their parent organisation.