Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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144. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of fees paid out by his Department and agencies under its remit, to PR companies; and if he will list the companies and the fees received for in the years 2010, 2011 and 2012 and to date in 2013. [21364/13]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I take it that the Deputy is referring solely to public relations costs and not to advertising costs that would be incurred by my Department in the normal course of business, such as entries into telephone directories, the placing of advertisements in national newspapers, recruitment advertising, etc. In the period in question my Department, the Comptroller and Auditor General, the Appeals Commissioners and Revenue have not incurred any such PR costs.

The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) will respond to you under your parliamentary question number 21365/13.