Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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295. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality 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. [49160/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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During the period in question, my Department has not incurred any costs in relation to the provision of public relations services. 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.