Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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391. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff that worked in her Department’s communications and press office in each of the years 2019 to 2024; and the grade of each staff member. [41169/24]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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There are elements of communications to most roles in my Department, given the millions of individual interactions every year between the staff of the Department and the people they serve.

The Unit whose function relates to supporting corporate communications is the Communications and Press Office. Their focus is to ensure the provision of timely information on the range of services and supports available. This unit includes several cross functional teams which are responsible for a broad range of tasks:

• press responses and media relations,
• communications planning and campaigns,
• graphic design,
• event organisation,
• social media,
• Plain English guidance for content across the Department,
• management of the department's web presence on /dsp and
• supporting internal communications for over 7,000 staff.