Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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261. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 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 currently vacant; the corresponding figures on 23 June 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19042/22]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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There is one staff member in my Department assigned in the role of EU Attaché for this Department.

This purpose of the EU Attaché is to ensure that there is a full-time resource in Brussels to service the diverse tourism, culture, arts, Gaeltacht, sport and media briefs.

The Attaché participates in, monitors, and liaises with the European Commission, the Council Secretariat and the European Parliament, and with other state Member State representatives, while keeping in close contact with the Department and agencies in Ireland.

There are no posts currently vacant.

My Department was formed in September 2020 following a transfer of functions and therefore I am unable to provide corresponding figures for June 2016.