Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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223. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will detail, in tabular form, the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department since coming to office; the list of uses of the external public relations firm; his internal Department policy regarding employing external groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1870/14]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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During the period in question, my Department has only used the services of external public relations firms to provide training to staff as follows:

It is my Department's policy to use in house resources as much as possible and to restrict the use of external groups to a minimum.