Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

How is it decided whether PR work will be undertaken by the Department or Government press office or will be contracted out, as is sometimes the case? The Taoiseach has indicated that any such examination is not undertaken by a committee. Can he be more specific about whether there is a designated person within the Government secretariat, his own Department or anywhere else who has responsibility for this? Is there any up-to-date reappraisal of the context in which work that is contracted out is approved? Has there been any re-examination of the parameters within which a project is acceptable, in the context of current economic difficulties? If there has not been a recent review of the criteria, will the Taoiseach undertake to have such a review?

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