Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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469. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total external public relation costs incurred by his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and estimated in 2014. [17376/14]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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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.

During the period in question, my Department has only used the services of external public relations firms to provide training to staff, facilitation services at meetings and the preparation of a report.