Written answers

Tuesday, 11 December 2007

Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government

Consultancy Contracts

9:00 pm

Photo of Fergus O'DowdFergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 947: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number, cost and name of any media consultants employed by his Department; the cost of such advice for each year since 1997 to date in 2007; the nature of the work done; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33553/07]

Photo of John GormleyJohn Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The information requested in the Question is set out in the table. The firms were generally employed to promote awareness of important issues relating to my Department's functions and in these cases the greater portion of the costs were incurred in buying media time.

Work DoneConsultantCostDate
Advertising associated with the Register of Electors including the Publicity campaign for Draft Register of Electors — 1998/1999Saatchi & Saatchi78,4411997
Cohesion Fund Publicity Project: monitoring and management of activities by local authorities in relation to fulfilment of publicity and information requirements under Cohesion Fund RegulationsBill O'Herlihy Communications Group 53,6451997
Cohesion Fund Publicity ProjectBoyle Design Group 21,6201997
Cohesion Fund Publicity ProjectO'Herlihy Group44,4921998
Provision of advice and assistance in the arrangements relating to the publication of the new Local Government Funding SystemDrury Communications8,7991998
Christmas Recycling Campaign 1998Brindley Advertising Ltd.60,1591999
Cohesion Fund Publicity ProjectCarr Communications175,8331999-2000
Environment Awareness CampaignDrury Communications1,147,3701999-2000
Continuation of Environment Awareness Campaign (new contract)Drury Communications359,7772000
Communications campaign for the National Spatial StrategyDrury Communications13,3262000
Consultancy services: environment awareness campaignIrish International OMD/ Drury Communications 1,236,5832001
Development of anti-litter cinema advertisementDrury Communications 44,1002001
Anti-litter awareness advertisementIrish International OMD 81,2622001
Publicity campaign for draft register of electors — 2002/2003Irish International OMD 151,3692001
Communications consultancy in relation to the national spatial strategyDrury Communications 383,5572001
Cohesion fund publicity projectCarr Communications Ltd. 83,7372001
Anti-litter awareness advertisementIrish International/OMD 135,2492002
Advertising campaign for plastic bag levyIrish International OMD 153,7282002
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 NiceBrindley Advertising Ltd. 117,8852002
Cohesion fund publicity projectCarr Communications Ltd 5,3372002
Communication consultancyMonica Leech Communications 47,1972002
Communications consultancy in relation to the National spatial strategyDrury Communications 115,1282002
Environment awareness campaignDrury Communications 648,4602002
Production of advertisements instructing the public on how to use electronic voting machineBrindley Advertising Ltd. 20,1732002
Publicity campaign for introduction of plastic bags levyDrury Communications 61,5252002
Publicity campaign for the draft Register of Electors- 2003/2004Brindley Advertising Ltd. 99,9992002
Publicity work on promotion of electronic voting including road show.Carr Communications Ltd. 133,0442002
Communication consultancyMonica Leech Communications 135,0362003
Communications consultancy in relation to the National Spatial StrategyDrury Communications 97,6352003
Electronic voting awareness campaignMcConnells Advertising service Ltd/q4 public relations 3,315,0492003
Management of National Inventory of Architectural Heritage Awareness campaignHunter Red Cell301,8952003-2005
Publicity campaign for the draft Register of Electors — 2004/2005Cawley NEA Ltd. 159,6072003
Race against Waste — PR ElementLyle Bailey (Mary Murphy Associates)145,2002003-2004
Communication consultancyMonica Leech Communications 139,3922004
Production of advertisements regarding the Register of ElectorsBrindley Advertising Ltd. 38,0172004
Publicity campaign for the draft Register of Electors- 2005/2006McConnells Advertising Service Ltd 158,7582004
Race against Waste — PR ElementLyle Bailey (Mary Murphy Associates)320,1662004 –2005
Media support for the launch of the Burren LIFE ProjectAnn Jones4232005
Publicity campaign for the draft Register of Electors– 2006/2007Bloom155,6962005
Race against Waste — PR ElementLyle Bailey (Mary Murphy Associates)344,8502005-2006
Short term communications consultancy regarding emergency planningGrayling Ltd4,8402006
Draft Register of Electors 2008/2009 Awareness CampaignBrindley Advertising, 17 Upper Mount St,Dublin 2136,9832007
Communications and public awareness campaign for National Climate Change StrategyCawley NEA/TBWA12,500,0002007

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