Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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607. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form and by year, the total photography costs for his Department since coming into office, inclusive of costs incurred from the use of the ministerial allowance; if he will provide 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. [23422/15]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The details sought by the Deputy are set out in the table. I will advise the Deputy separately if any such payments were made during 2015.

It is the policy of the Department to keep costs in relation to the use of photographers to a minimum. Photographers are usually booked through the Press and Communications Office. From time to time individual units may incur other photography costs.

No photography costs are met from my Ministerial Allowance.