Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 July 2025
360. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his Department's expenditure on media consultancy in each of the years 2015 to 2025; the consultancy firms involved; and the nature of each contract, in tabular form. [37065/25]
View answerThe media consultancy services providers engaged by my Department and Offices of my Department, and the details of the services supplied and expenditure on each from 2015 to 2018 are set out below. Information regarding expenditure on media consultancy for the agencies and public bodies under my Department’s remit is not included as that is an operational matter for those agencies, and I do not have any direct function in these matters.
My Department has not incurred media consultancy service costs from 2019 to date.
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Year |
Name of Public Services Provider |
Details of Services Supplied |
|
2015 |
Barberry Ltd |
To provide NERA with Communications Services (including PR; Media Monitoring; advising on the design, content, and production of reports & brochures). |
|
2016 |
Barberry Ltd
Fuzion Communications |
To provide the Workplace Relations Commission with Communication Services (including PR; Media Monitoring advising on the design, content and production of reports and brochures.
Provision of Communications services to the Workplace Relations Commission |
|
2017 |
Drury Porter Novelli
Fuzion Communications
Fuzion Communications |
To provide PR and event support for information campaigns; encouraging and informing companies on how to prepare their business for Brexit
Provision of a range of Communications Services to the Workplace Relations Commission
Development of Communications Strategy for the Workplace Relations Commission to enhance activity impact and its roll out in 2017 |
