Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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240. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total number of persons who are employed by her Department; the number who are currently working remotely; and the estimated number of persons in her Department who ordinarily worked from home prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. [33984/22]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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At present there are 409 staff employed by my Department.

395 employees are currently working on a blended working pattern in line with the Department’s “Interim Blended Working Policy”,  developed to facilitate transitional arrangements and blended working, following the announcement of public health measures to commence a gradual and staggered return to the office from 20 September 2021.

The Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media was formed in September 2020 following a Transfer of Functions.  Therefore, there is no data available on  the number of persons working from home prior to the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.