Written answers
Wednesday, 5 July 2006
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Consultancy Contracts
12:00 pm
Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 321: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount paid in terms of fees or expenses for the appointment of press or public relations consultants from outside his Department for each year since 2002; the firms appointed and the specific project or responsibility for which they were engaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26972/06]
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Particulars of Public Relations Consultants appointed directly by my Department or its offices are set out in the tables. The purpose of the contracts was to improve public awareness across a range of issues including entitlements to the National Minimum Wage and Work Life Balance Campaigns.
| 2002 | ||
| Name of Company | Nature of Project | Amount paid during 2002 |
| € | ||
| QMP D'Arcy | TV Press and Radio production to publicise the increase in the National Minimum Wage | 13,944.04 |
| Caden Communications | PR & Communications adviser to the Office of the Director of Consumer Affairs (ODCA) | 38,192.00 |
| 2003 | ||
| Name of Company | Nature of Project | Amount paid during 2003 |
| € | ||
| Mr. John Armstrong | Consultant to the Department's Press Office for the duration of Ireland's Presidency of the EU | 9,528.92 |
| Carr Communications | Effective Communications with clients of the Companies Registration Office (CRO) | 29,108.00 |
| Caden Communications | PR & Communications adviser to the Director of Consumer Affairs (ODCA) | 44,033.00 |
| Zenith Optimedia | Press, Radio and Internet Advertising for Work Life Balance Day 2004 | 70,272.37 |
| Language | Design Consultants re ad campaign for Work Life Balance Day 2004 | 26,589.75 |
| 2004 | ||
| Name of Company | Nature of Project | Amount paid during 2004 |
| € | ||
| Mr. John Armstrong | Consultant to the Department's Press Office for the duration of Ireland's Presidency of the EU | 41,545.44 |
| Peter G White Ltd | Provision of media advice for the Personal Injuries Assessment Board prior to its establishment on a statutory basis | 1,270.50 |
| QMP Publicis | TV Press and Radio production to publicise the increase in the National Minimum Wage | 29,040.00 |
| Language | Design Consultants re ad campaign for Work Life Balance Day 2004 | 3,179.88 |
| Language | Design Consultants re ad campaign for Work Life Balance Day 2005 | 36,358.08 |
| Carr Communications | Effective Communications with CRO clients | 64,493.00 |
| Caden Communications | PR & Communications adviser to the Director of Consumer Affairs (ODCA) | 55,539.00 |
| 2005 | ||
| Name of Company | Nature of Project | Amount paid during 2005 |
| € | ||
| QMP Publicis | TV Press and Radio production to publicise the increase in the National Minimum Wage | 33,387.53 |
| Zenith Optimedia | Press, Radio and Internet Advertising for Work Life Balance Day 2005 | 106,4719.97 |
| Language | Design Consultants re ad campaign for Work Life Balance Day 2005 | 8,771.01 |
| Carr Communications | Effective Communications with CRO clients | 38,722.00 |
| Caden Communications | PR & Communications adviser to the Director (ODCA) | 47,371.50 |
| 2006 | ||
| Name of Company | Nature of Project | Amount paid during 2006 |
| € | ||
| Zenith Optimedia | Press, Radio and Internet Advertising for Work Life Balance Day 2006 | 91,409.37 |
| Language | Design Consultants re ad campaign for Work Life Balance Day 2006 | 9,284.46 |
| Carr Communications | Effective Communications with CRO clients | 6,353.00 |
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