Written answers
Thursday, 16 January 2014
Department of Social Protection
Departmental Expenditure
Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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146. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will detail, in tabular form, the total photography costs for her Department since coming to office inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance; the list of occasions for which photographers were booked; the photographers used; the breakdown of costs associated with each occasion that a photographer was used; if there is a policy regarding the booking of photographers within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1857/14]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Photography services are used, in conjunction with some press releases and conferences, to communicate the Department’s initiatives, schemes and services to customers and to the regional and national media. Since March 2011, photography services were used for the occasions as set out in the table below. The total cost from that date is €8,861.
The procurement of these photography services is carried out in accordance with national and EU procurement procedures and since March 2012, the Department has been procuring photography services under the Framework Agreement established by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in February 2012. Full details of the Framework are available online via the National Procurement Services contract list at .
I do not use my ministerial allowance for this purpose.
Year: 2011 | Details | Photographer | Cost |
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29 July 2011 | Launch of JobBridge | Maxwells | €1,035.16 |
07 Nov 2011 | Mortgage Arrears Seminar | Ark Photography | €254.10 |
09 Nov 2011 | Social Inclusion Forum | Ark Photography | €254.10 |
21 Nov 2011 | 2 Social Inclusion Projects | Ark Photography | €326.70 |
- | - | Total 2011: | €1,870.06 |
Year: 2012 | Details | Photographer | Cost |
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13 Feb 2012 | Launch of ‘Partial Capacity’ & ‘Employability’ | Maxwells | €338.25 |
23 Feb 2012 | Launch of Pathways to Work | Maxwells | €536.28 |
27 Apr 2012 | Opening of Community Campus in Phibblestown | Lensmen | €280.44 |
06 Sep 2012 | Launch of Mortgage Information Helpline | Ark Photography | €258.30 |
13 Sep 2012 | Launch of Good Practice Guide for Breakfast Clubs | Ark Photography | €184.50 |
17 Sep 2012 | Presentation of Report of the Actuarial Review of the Social Insurance Fund | Ark Photography | €184.50 |
15 Oct 2012 | Launch of Intreo, Sligo | Joe Travers | €300.00 |
19 Oct 2012 | Intreo roadshow in Limerick | Pics Ltd (Kieran Clancy) | €233.70 |
26 Oct 2012 | Employer roadshow in Galway | Joe Travers | €125.00 |
01 Nov 2012 | Employer roadshow in Cork | Tony O’Connell Photography | €227.00 |
16 Nov 2012 | Employer roadshow in Dublin | Ark Photography | €258.30 |
- | - | Total 2012: | €2,926.27 |
Year: 2013 | Details | Photographer | Cost |
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22 Mar 2013 | Launch of Intreo in Tallaght | Lensmen | €323.48 |
16 Apr 2013 | Launch of JobBridge Arts in Killarney | MacMonagle Photography | €338.25 |
19 Apr 2013 | Briefing for Employers in Blanchardstown (Launch of Intreo in Blanchardstown) | Lensmen | €851.25 |
1 May 2013 | Publication of Indecon Report on JobBridge | Lensmen | €589.79 |
2 May 2013 | EU Presidency Conference, Leuven | Peter Cavanagh | €707.25 |
10 May 2013 | Kilkenny Local Office | Vicky Comerford | €123.00 |
18 July 2013 | Launch of Pathways to Work | Maxwells | €482.16 |
25 Sept 2013 | Inaugural Meeting of the Labour Market Advisory Council | Maxwells | €424.35 |
22 Nov 2013 | Launch of Intreo in Loughrea (Minister & Taoiseach) | Joe Travers | €225.00 |
- | - | Total 2013: | €4,064.53 |
- | - | Overall Total: | €8,860.86 |
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