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Request Reference 20-246
Requester Type Journalist
Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

In accordance the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I wish to request access to the following records which I believe to be held by your office: Any complaints, discussion or documentation held in or submitted to the HR Strategy Unit and/or the Press Office of 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