Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 December 2007
631 Deputy Fergus O’Dowd asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number, rank and pay of all civil servants in her Department and ministerial staff, personally appointed by her or otherwise, who are engaged in media monitoring; the nature of the work done; the persons who the information is circulated to or the people who have access to this information; the cost of this service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33501/07]
View answerA monitor of news headlines relating to my Department contained in the main Irish daily and provincial newspapers as well as the main agricultural press is prepared by the staff of the Press Office. The monitors are made available to all senior management of the Department. In addition, access to the full content of such items is made available to all staff in the Department through the library site on the Department's intranet (Ezone). It is not possible to provide costs for this service as the work is carried out as part of the standard duties of the staff involved.
