Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons working in his Department’s press office, communications team and social media team in tabular form. [52784/22]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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There are 12 staff in my Department’s Communications Team who have a wide range of responsibilities including dealing with media queries and other standard press office duties related to the broad range of responsibilities within my Department. Their duties also include working with social media as well as other communications functions such as public and stakeholder engagement and consultations. A breakdown of these staff by grade is set out in the table below.