Departmental Communications

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 July 2023

Tuesday, 25 July 2023

Questions (356)

Brendan Smith

Question:

356. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if his Department, and all agencies under the remit of his Department, have their telephone contact details on their websites and on other media platforms; if all stationery and headed notepaper used in correspondence with the public contain relevant phone contact details, taking into account that everybody is not in a position to correspond by e-mail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36701/23]

Written answers

Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform

The information requested by the Deputy in respect of my Department and the bodies under its aegis is set out in the table below.

Public Body	Telephone details on website and other media platforms	Telephone details on stationery and headed paper used in correspondence
Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform	Yes*	Yes
Office of Public Works	Yes	Yes
National Shared Services Office	Yes	Yes
Public Appointments Service	Yes	Yes
Office of the Ombudsman**	Yes	Yes
State Laboratory	Yes	Yes
Office of the Regulator of the National Lottery	Yes	Yes

* The Department’s telephone number is displayed on its website (www.per.gov.ie) but not on other media platforms.

** This is also the case for the Office of the Information Commissioner, the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information, the Standards in Public Office Commission, the Commission for Public Service Appointments and the Office of the Protected Disclosures Commissioner.