Media inquiries are often determined...whether the minister's office or the department responds is often based on whether they're deemed political, whether they're deemed as pertaining to the minister, for instance. Oftentimes that is...whether I would respond on the minister's behalf, or the minister responds, or a departmental official would respond.
But in my roles and responsibilities, I work with the department and we develop communications initiatives to ensure that we have a cohesive message.