Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 118: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number, cost and status of all public relations consultancies, contracts or procurements entered into by or on behalf of his Department or its agents or agencies in the past three years; the terms of reference in each such appointment; the person to whom such persons report and from whom they receive instructions; if any such person or group had any previous contracts, commitments or employment with either of the Government parties. [5509/05]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has not directly engaged any public relations consultants nor entered into any public relations contracts or procurements since its establishment in June 2002.

During this period, three bodies under the aegis of my Department — the National Advisory Committee on Drugs, the Western Development Commission and Údarás na Gaeltachta — have engaged public relations consultants. The number of consultancies in this regard are as follows: one in the case of the National Advisory Committee on Drugs; eight in the case of the Western Development Commission; and one in the case of Údarás na Gaeltachta. The details sought by the Deputy are given in the following appendix.