Written answers

Tuesday, 8 July 2014

Department of Health

Departmental Expenditure

Photo of Robert TroyRobert 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]

Photo of James ReillyJames 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 / CompanyOccasion for which bookedCosts
Robbie Reynolds PhotographySymposium for Senior Pharmaceutical Policy Makers €738
FennellsJoint Meeting of Chief Medical Officers & Chief Nursing Officers€105
FennellsNational Drugs Co-originators Meeting€117
1 Image PhotographyNPHDB/CHGB Joint Induction Day €314
Donagh Glavin PhotographyJohn Higgins Chair of the Strategic Board on Hospital Groups€234
Conor McCabe PhotographyTobacco Free Ireland Launch€554
Derek SpeirsFirst National Clinical Effectiveness Symposium€437
Conor McCabe PhotographyConsultation Day on Rare Disease Plan for Ireland€430
Derek Speirs2nd National Patient Safety Conference€318
Tommy Clancy PhotographyLaunch of the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations€0 (European Commission)
Conor HealySeminar: 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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