Public Relations Contracts Data

Thursday, 14 December 2017

Questions (269)

Shane Cassells

Question:

269. Deputy Shane Cassells asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department in each year since March 2011; the list of uses of the external public relations firm; the internal Department policy with regard to employing external groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54248/17]

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Minister for Justice and Equality

During the period in question, my Department has only used the services of external public relations firms to provide training to staff, strategy development, and facilitation services at conferences/meetings, as set out in the table below:

Year	Public Relations Firm	Training	Strategy Development	Conference/Meeting Facilitation
		€	€	€
2011	Carr Communications	550
2013	Carr Communications	3,275
2014	The Communications Clinic			1,374
2015	The Communications Clinic	756
2016	The Communications Clinic		24,221
2016	Carr Communications			1,450

It is my Department's policy to use in-house resources as much as possible for the provision of such services.