Written answers

Tuesday, 8 July 2014

Department of Children and Youth Affairs

Departmental Expenditure

Photo of Robert TroyRobert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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863. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs 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. [29097/14]

Photo of Charles FlanaganCharles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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I assumed office on the 8th of May 2014 and since that date no photography costs have been incurred by my Department.

It is the policy of my Department to keep costs in relation to the use of photographers to a minimum. My Department has a detailed project planning process for each event and the decision to book a photographer is based on the merits of the event. Increasingly my Department utilises its own staff to take photographs in-house thereby reducing costs.

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