Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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13. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of full-time petroleum exploration specialists working in his Department as of 14 March 2022. [15228/22]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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My Department does not currently employ any officers specifically as Petroleum Exploration Specialists. There are, however a number of Geologists employed in the Geoscience Regulation Office within my Department with significant experience in the petroleum sector.