Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

367. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, broken down by year, the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department since coming into office; if he will provide the list of uses of the external public relations firm, internal Department policy with regard to employing external groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23429/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

My Department does not employ external public relations firms. Public relations advice is provided by my Department’s Press Office.