Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the use of external public relations firms employed by her Department per annum since March 2011 in tabular form; 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. [39506/16]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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It is my Department's policy to use in-house resources as much as possible and to restrict the use of external support to a minimum. My Department has not incurred any cost in relation to the provision of public relations services since March 2011.