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Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 6 May 1998

Vol. 490 No. 5

Written Answers. - Ministerial Staff.

Nora Owen

Question:

95 Mrs. Owen asked the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources the advisers, programme managers or public relation officers attached to his office; whether those persons are civil servants or private sector employees; when they were employed for this work; the costs associated with these persons; and whether their work is full or part-time. [10701/98]

In response to the Deputy's question the following is the information requested.

I appointed Ms Sinead McSweeney, who was previously a civil servant of the State, as my special adviser in a temporary, full-time capacity on 3 July 1997. Ms McSweeney is on an annual salary of £37,408.

There are no staff members within my Department assigned specifically to public relations work and no other agencies or consultancy services are currently engaged for this purpose.

All matters relating to the media, including the issue of press statements and other matters of public information are handled through the Department's media and information unit, which is staffed by full-time civil servants.

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