Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department employs persons or firms to deal with public relations; if so, the number of persons employed by his Department to deal with public relations; the names of firms involved; and the total amount spent on public relations by his Department. [23234/22]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The Department of Transport has an in-house communications and press team. The department also pays the salary of Minister of State Naughton’s media adviser. Minister Ryan’s media adviser working across two departments, Transport and the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC) is paid by DECC.

The Department of Transport is not currently engaging an external public relations firm to support its communications activity.