Written answers
Tuesday, 8 July 2014
Department of Social Protection
Departmental Expenditure
Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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370. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form, the total photography costs for her 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 her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29108/14]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Photography services are used, in conjunction with some press releases and conferences, to communicate the Department’s initiatives, schemes and services to customers and to the regional and national media. Since March 2011, photography services were used for the occasions as set out in the table below. The total cost from that date is €11,477.
The procurement of these photography services is carried out in accordance with national and EU procurement procedures and since March 2012, the Department has been procuring photography services under the Framework Agreement established by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in February 2012.
Full details of the Framework are available online via the National Procurement Services contract list at .
I do not use my ministerial allowance for this purpose.
Year: 2011 | Details | Photographer | Cost (€) |
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29 July 2011 | Launch of JobBridge | Maxwells | 1,035.16 |
16 Aug 2011 | Departmental Summer School, Maynooth | Kevin Morris Photography | 950.00 |
07 Nov 2011 | Mortgage Arrears Seminar | Ark Photography | 254.10 |
09 Nov 2011 | Social Inclusion Forum | Ark Photography and Dragana Jurisic | 547.50 |
21 Nov 2011 | 2 Social Inclusion Projects | Ark Photography | 326.70 |
Total 2011: | €3,113.46 | ||
Year: 2012 | Details | Photographer | Cost (€) |
13 Feb 2012 | Launch of ‘Partial Capacity’ and ‘Employability’ | Maxwells | 338.25 |
23 Feb 2012 | Launch of Pathways to Work | Maxwells | 536.28 |
27 Apr 2012 | Opening of Community Campus in Phibblestown | Lensmen | 280.44 |
06 Sep 2012 | Launch of Mortgage Information Helpline | Ark Photography | 258.30 |
13 Sep 2012 | Launch of Good Practice Guide for Breakfast Clubs | Ark Photography | 184.50 |
17 Sep 2012 | Presentation of Report of the Actuarial Review of the Social Insurance Fund | Ark Photography | 184.50 |
15 Oct 2012 | Launch of Intreo, Sligo | Joe Travers | 300.00 |
19 Oct 2012 | Intreo roadshow in Limerick | Picsure Ltd (Kieran Clancy) | 233.70 |
26 Oct 2012 | Employer roadshow in Galway | Joe Travers | 125.00 |
01 Nov 2012 | Employer roadshow in Cork | Tony O’Connell Photography | 227.00 |
16 Nov 2012 | Employer roadshow in Dublin | Ark Photography | 258.30 |
Total 2012: | €2,926.27 | ||
Year: 2013 | Details | Photographer | Cost (€) |
22 Mar 2013 | Launch of Intreo in Tallaght | Lensmen | 323.48 |
16 Apr 2013 | Launch of JobBridge Arts in Killarney | MacMonagle Photography | 338.25 |
19 Apr 2013 | Briefing for Employers in Blanchardstown and Launch of Intreo in Blanchardstown) | Lensmen | 851.25 |
1 May 2013 | Publication of Indecon Report on JobBridge | Lensmen | 589.79 |
2 May 2013 | EU Presidency Conference, Leuven | Peter Cavanagh | 707.25 |
10 May 2013 | Kilkenny Local Office | Vicky Comerford | 123.00 |
18 July 2013 | Launch of Pathways to Work | Maxwells | 482.16 |
25 Sept 2013 | Inaugural Meeting of the Labour Market Advisory Council | Maxwells | 424.35 |
22 Nov 2013 | Launch of Intreo in Loughrea | Joe Travers | 225.00 |
Total 2013: | €4,064.53 | ||
Year: 2014 | Details | Photographer | Cost (€) |
15 Jan 2014 | Launch of Benefit of Work ready reckoner and official opening of Intreo in Ballyfermot office | Ark Photography | 322.88 |
20 Jan 2014 | Official opening of Intreo in Limerick | Kieran Clancy | 221.40 |
21 Feb 2014 | Official opening of Intreo in Castlebar | Joe Travers | 300.00 |
3 April 2014 | Medical Assessor Admin Conference | Bobby Studios Photography | 270.60 |
06 June 2014 | Launch of Interim Report of Labour Market Council | Ark Photography | 258.30 |
Total 2014 to date: | €1,373.18 | ||
Overall Total: | €11,477.44 |
Photography Costs 2008, 2009 and 2010
Year: 2008 | Details | Photographer | Cost (€) |
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08.05.2007 | Telephone Allowance Scheme (paid in 2008) | Maxwells | 611 |
04.01.2008 | Promotion of MABS helpline | Maxwells | 583 |
28.02.2008 | Launch of ‘Work it Out’ | Maxwells | 619 |
04.03.2008 | Launch of Green Paper for Pensions | Leo Murphy | 250 |
01.04.2008 | All Ireland Free Travel | Maxwells | 669 |
08.04.2008 | One Family new futures project | Maxwells | 220 |
18.04.2008 | Public Service Awards | Maxwells | 561 |
18.04.2008 | Family Forum | John Power | 216 |
15.05.2008 | Public Service awards | Maxwells | 64 |
22.05.2008 | Mobile phone assistance for pensioners | Maxwells | 953 |
26.05.2008 | Minister officiating at event in Dun Laoghaire | Maxwells | 220 |
29.05.2008 | Pensions Green Paper | Maxwells | 607 |
25.06.2008 | Working with spouses Event | Maxwells | 1,610 |
18.07.2008 | MABS & Citizens Information Centre | Dave Meehan | 944 |
21.07.2008 | Prints | Maxwells | 83 |
25.07.2008 | Opening of new SW office in Tullamore | Maxwells | 1,469 |
16.09.2008 | Opening of SW office in Bray | Maxwells | 830 |
16.09.2008 | Working for Work publication | Maxwells | 621 |
17.09.2008 | Launch of Pension Stamp | Maxwells | 966 |
23.09.2008 | Pre Budget Forum | Maxwells | 682 |
15.10.2008 | Launch of Transition Pack | Mac Innes | 99 |
15.10.2008 | Jpeg image | Maxwells | 30 |
23.10.2008 | Pensioners group | Maxwells | 678 |
31.10.2008 | MABS Office in Blanchardstown | Maxwells | 962 |
21.11.2008 | OECD Report on Sickness and Disability | Fennell | 744 |
26.11.2008 | Social Inclusion Forum | Maxwells | 470 |
2008 Total | 15,761 | ||
29.11.2008 | Families in Ireland event (paid in 2009) | SKP & Associates | 528 |
30.01.2009 | Opening of new Social Welfare Office in Ballymun | Maxwells | 784 |
30.01.2009 | Jpeg Opening of new SW office in Ballymun | Maxwells | 91 |
29.10.2009 | Bilateral Social Security Agreement with Japan | Maxwells | 525 |
30.10.2009 | Opening of Social Welfare Office in Kings Inn’s Street, Dublin | Maxwells | 502 |
2009 Total | 2,430 | ||
05.02.2010 | Irish Programme for EU Year for combatting poverty and social exclusion | Maxwells | 781 |
05.02.2010 | Jpeg Irish Prog. for EU Year for combatting poverty & social exclusion | Maxwells | 212 |
04.03.2010 | Provision for new Auto Enrolment Pension Scheme | Maxwells | 811 |
23.04.2010 | Promotion of EU Year for Combatting Poverty & Social Exclusion | Maxwells | 621 |
13.05.2010 | Photograph of former Secretary Generals of the Department | Dave G Kelly | 100 |
22.06.2010 | Launch of Employer Job PRSI Incentive Scheme | Maxwells | 579 |
2010 Total | 3,104 |
Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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371. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the use of external public relations firms employed by her Department since coming to office; the list of uses of the external public relations firm; the internal Department policy with regard to employing external groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29125/14]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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In line with Department of Social Protection policy, the press office deals with all media queries and public relations matters. It is the Department’s policy to use in-house resources as much as possible and to restrict the use of external firms to a minimum. During this period, the Department has used the services of one external public relations firm for training purposes, details of which are outlined in the following table.
Year | Company | Function | Cost |
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2012 | Carr Communications, 5 Northumberland Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 | Communications training for senior management | €5,150 |
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