Written answers
Tuesday, 8 July 2014
Department of Health
Departmental Expenditure
Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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683. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the total photography costs for his Department since coming to office, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance; the list of occasions for which photographers were booked; the photographers used; the breakdown of costs associated with each occasion that a photographer was used; if there is a policy regarding the booking of photographers within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29104/14]
James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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It is the policy of my Department to keep costs in relation to the use of photographers to a minimum. The total expenditure on photographers from March 2011 to March 2014 was €4,047, as set out in the following table. Please contact me if any further detail is required.
Name of Photographer / Company | Occasion for which booked | Costs |
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Robbie Reynolds Photography | Symposium for Senior Pharmaceutical Policy Makers | €738 |
Fennells | Joint Meeting of Chief Medical Officers & Chief Nursing Officers | €105 |
Fennells | National Drugs Co-originators Meeting | €117 |
1 Image Photography | NPHDB/CHGB Joint Induction Day | €314 |
Donagh Glavin Photography | John Higgins Chair of the Strategic Board on Hospital Groups | €234 |
Conor McCabe Photography | Tobacco Free Ireland Launch | €554 |
Derek Speirs | First National Clinical Effectiveness Symposium | €437 |
Conor McCabe Photography | Consultation Day on Rare Disease Plan for Ireland | €430 |
Derek Speirs | 2nd National Patient Safety Conference | €318 |
Tommy Clancy Photography | Launch of the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations | €0 (European Commission) |
Conor Healy | Seminar: Parental Substance Misuse - Addressing its Impact on Children. A Review of the Literature | €800 |
The Deputy will be aware that questions concerning Ministerial allowances are solely a matter for the Oireachtas. However, the Minister has previously confirmed that he pays for communications advice, related to the health reform agenda, from the Secretarial Allowances from the Oireachtas.
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