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Thursday, 16 January 2014

Department of Health

Public Relations Contracts Data

Photo of Niall CollinsNiall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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305. To ask the Minister for Health 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. [1868/14]

Photo of James ReillyJames Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The Press and Communications Office of my Department liaise with the media on behalf of the Department as well as all Ministers and do not use the services of a PR company. My Department did not spent any money on public relations or communications consultants from March 2011 - January 2014. It is the policy in my Department only to engage the services of external consultants where it is felt to be appropriate and cost-effective, taking account of Government decisions and policy on the matter. All projects involving the engagement of external consultants are approved by me before any decision can be taken by any division of the Department to go to public tender. Once initiated, the spend profile of each project is monitored by my Department on a monthly basis.

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