Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 369: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total photography costs for her Department since coming to office; the list of occasions for which photographers were booked over the past year; the breakdown of costs associated with each occasion that a photographer was used; if there is a policy on the booking of photographers within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9669/12]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Photography services are used, in conjunction with press releases and conferences, to communicate my Department's initiatives, schemes and services to our customers and to the regional and national media. Photography services were used on five occasions over the past year, as set out in the table below. The total cost was less than €2,200.

The procurement of these photography services is carried out in accordance with National and EU procurement procedures.