Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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443. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of staff within her Department who are based and working with the European Union in Brussels; their present roles and responsibilities; the posts and responsibilities that are presently vacant; the corresponding figures on 23 June 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19040/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Department of Rural and Community Developmentwas established on 19^thJuly 2017 to provide a renewed and consolidated focus on rural and community development in Ireland.

I can confirm there are no staff members from my Department who are based and working within the European Union in Brussels. I can also confirm that since my Department's establishment in July 2017 no staff have been based or working in the European Union.