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Request Reference 20-233
Requester Type Journalist
Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

Any complaints, discussion or documentation exchanged internally and externally by officials in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in response to Deputy Marc MacSharry's claim in the Dáil on Tuesday on July 28 that public servants were using the Covid-19 pandemic to "lie on the couch and watch box sets” (please see link below) to article. My query relates to the period, July 28 to August 31. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/public-servants-using- covid-19-to-lie-on-couch-and-watch-box-sets-1.4316458