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Northern Ireland Office: Special Advisers

Question for Northern Ireland Office

UIN 42, tabled on 17 July 2024

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Irish citizens are employed as ministerial advisers in his Department.

Answered on

25 July 2024

The Northern Ireland Office does not hold data on citizenship held by staff. As per the terms of the 1998 Agreement, this Government recognises the right of all people of Northern Ireland to identify themselves and be accepted as Irish or British, or both, according to preference.