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Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 7 Jul 1983

Vol. 344 No. 9

Written Answers. - Ministerial Assistants.

400.

asked the Minister for the Public Service if he will give the following information in respect of each personal assistant, adviser, consultant, secretary, typist or any other category employed from outside the civil service in a temporary, part-time or permanent capacity or contractual capacity by him for the period from 21 March to date: name, rank, remuneration, terms of conditions of employment, and if seconded, and if so, from where.

In my reply of 26 January 1983 to a similar question put down by the Deputy, I stated that I had appointed a personal assistant and personal secretary to my Department and gave details of their appointments.

In the period now mentioned by the Deputy, I have contracted with the firm of Public Relations of Ireland Limited to provide a public relations service for my Department at a cost of £1,200 per month aimed at improving the image of the civil service. The Public Service Advisory Council in their Sixth Annual Report stressed the need for measures to improve the image of the civil service and highlighted the lack of sufficient awareness on the part of the public about the work of the civil service and of its importance to the community.

Questions Nos. 401 and 402 postponed.

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