Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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423. To ask the Minister for Health the total photography costs for his Department per annum since March 2011, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance in tabular form; the 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. [39472/16]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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No photography costs are met from my Ministerial Allowance. Details as requested are presented in the following table for 2011 - 2015.

I will forward details for departmental photography expenditure for 2016, as soon as they are collated.

It is the policy in the Department only to engage external services, including photography, where it is felt to be appropriate and cost-effective, e.g., to promote awareness of new schemes or to invite public consultations on policy matters. In doing so, the Department takes account of Government decisions and policy.