Written answers
Tuesday, 11 December 2007
Department of Finance
Consultancy Contracts
9:00 pm
Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance 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. [33554/07]
Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Details in relation to expenditure by my Department on the provision of advice by media consultants over the period in question are as set out in the table.
| Consultant | Amount | Purpose | Year |
| â'¬ | |||
| Brindley Advertising | 318,030 | Design and delivery of Euro advertising campaign. | 1998 |
| Brindley Advertising | 581,869 | Design and delivery of Euro changeover advertising campaign. | 1999 |
| Brindley Advertising | 226,403 | Design and delivery of Euro changeover advertising campaign. | 2000 |
| Adept Creative Services Ltd; | 445,746 | Design and delivery of Euro changeover advertising campaign. | 2000 |
| Curtin Communications | 402,758 | Provision of publicity services relating to NDP/CSF. | 2000 |
| Drury Communications Research | 51,334 | Public awareness research on NDP/CSF 2000-2006. | 2000 |
| Fleischman-Hilliard Saunders | 41,272 | Consultancy on National Development Plan (NDP) Communications Strategy. | 2000 |
| Brindley Advertising | 6,288 | Design and delivery of Euro changeover advertising campaign. | 2001 |
| Adept Creative Services Ltd; | 1,294,176 | Design and delivery of Euro changeover advertising campaign. | 2001 |
| Curtin Communications | 357,643 | Provision of publicity services relating to NDP/Community Support Framework (CSF) | 2001 |
| Adept Creative Services Ltd | 129,838 | Design and delivery of Euro changeover advertising campaign. | 2002 |
| Q4 Consultants | 83,400 | Arrangement of informal ECOFIN meeting. | 2003 |
| Curtin Communications (later merged with and became Grayling) | 332,883 | Provision of publicity services for NDP/CSF. | 2003 |
| Grayling | 128,032 | Consultancy Fees in relation to Provision of publicity services for NDP/CSF (excluding third party fees). | 2004 |
| Lansdowne Market research | 14,822 | NDP public awareness research. | 2004 |
| Curtin Communications | 239,152 | Provision of publicity services relating to NDP/CSF. | 2004 |
| Drury Communications Research | 79,051 | Public awareness research on NDP/CSF 2000-2006. | 2004 |
| Grayling | 128,032 | Provision of publicity services for NDP/CSF | 2004 |
| Grayling | 102,424 | Provision of publicity services for NDP/CSF | 2005 |
| Grayling | 67,276 | Provision of Publicity Services for NDP/CSF | 2006 |
| MRPA Kinman Communications | 38,720 | Provision of Publicity Services for NDP/CSF | 2006 |
| Grayling | 66,106 | Provision of publicity services for NDP/CSF. | 2006 |
| MRPA Kinman Communications | 125,293 | Provision of Publicity Services for NDP/CSF | 2007 |
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