Written answers
Wednesday, 5 July 2006
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Consultancy Contracts
12:00 pm
Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 551: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the total 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. [26980/06]
Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The total amount paid in terms of fees or expenses for the appointment of press or public relations consultants in my Department since 2002 is €6,854,289. Full details, on a project-by-project basis are listed in the following table.
| Public relations | Completed by | Cost | Date |
| € | |||
| Anti-litter awareness advertisement | Irish international/OMD | 135,249 | 2002 |
| Advertising campaign plastic bag levy | Irish international OMD | 53,728 | 2002 |
| Advertising campaign to publicise the supplementary register used for referendum on the protection of human life in pregnancy, general election 2002 and referendum on the treaty of Nice | Brindley Advertising Ltd. | 17,885 | 2002 |
| Cohesion fund publicity project | Carr Communications Ltd | 5,337 | 2002 |
| Communication consultancy | Monica Leech Communications | 47,197 | 2002 |
| Communications consultancy in relation to the national spatial strategy | Drury Communications | 115,128 | 2002 |
| Environment awareness campaign | Drury Communications | 648,460 | 2002 |
| Production of advertisements instructing the public on how to use electronic voting machine | Brindley Advertising Ltd. | 20,173 | 2002 |
| Publicity campaign for introduction of plastic bags levy | Drury Communications | 61,525 | 2002 |
| Publicity campaign for the draft Register of Electors — 2003/2004 | Brindley Advertising Ltd. | 99,999 | 2002 |
| Publicity work on promotion of electronic voting including road show. | Carr Communications Ltd. | 133,044 | 2002 |
| Communication consultancy | Monica Leech Communications | 135,036 | 2003 |
| Communications consultancy in relation to the national spatial strategy | Drury Communications | 97,635 | 2003 |
| Electronic voting awareness campaign | McConnells Advertising service Ltd/q4 public relations | 315,049 | 2003 |
| Management of National Inventory of Architectural Heritage Awareness campaign | Hunter Red Cell | 301,895 | 2003-2005 |
| Publicity campaign for the draft Register of Electors — 2004/2005 | Cawley Nea Ltd. | 159,607 | 2003 |
| Race against waste — PR Element | Lyle Bailey (Mary Murphy Associates) | 145,200 | 2003-2004 |
| Communication consultancy | Monica Leech Communications | 39,392 | 2004 |
| Production of advertisements regarding the register of electors | Brindley Advertising Ltd. | 38,017 | 2004 |
| Publicity campaign for the draft Register of Electors — 2005/2006 | McConnells Advertising service Ltd | 158,758 | 2004 |
| Race against waste — PR Element | Lyle Bailey (Mary Murphy Associates) | 320,166 | 2004-2005 |
| Media support for the launch of the Burren LIFE Project | Ann Jones | 423 | 2005 |
| Publicity campaign for the draft Register of Electors — 2006/2007 | Bloom | 155,696 | 2005 |
| Race against waste — PR Element | Lyle Bailey (Mary Murphy Associates) | 344,850 | 2005-2006 |
| Short term communications consultancy regarding emergency planning | Grayling Ltd | 4,840 | 2006 |
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