Written answers
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Departmental Contracts Data
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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152. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount spent by her Department and State agencies under her aegis on outside contract and or third party public relations advice and training in past three years to date in 2017, by year and company engaged, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29234/17]
Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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My Department uses external public relations providers having regard to its business needs for specialist communications advice, training and technical materials assistance. In engaging such providers, the Department is mindful of the need to secure value for money and, accordingly, strives to keep costs to the minimum.
The amount spent by my Department on outside contract and or third party public relations advice and training in the past three years to date in 2017, by year and company engaged, is set out in the following table. My response includes work to support my Department’s advertising, publicity and awareness requirements.
The hiring of public relations firms by agencies under the aegis of my Department is a day-to-day operational matter for the agencies concerned. I have asked the agencies to provide details of any such contracts and I will forward these to the Deputy once received.
Year | € | ||
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2014 | Barberry Ltd T/A Keating & Associates 19 Fitzwilliam Place Dublin 2 | To provide NERA with Communications Services (including PR; Media Monitoring; advising on the design, content and production of reports & brochures). | €3,136 |
2014 | Jays Printing Unit 7 Abbey Business Park Grange Drive Baldoyle Industrial Estate Dublin 13 | To provide roll-up banners for Internal Market Unit to use at events promoting the Services Directive | €268.14 |
2014 | European Institute of Communications | Attendance of one staff member at Certificate in Social Media Training course | €395 |
2014 | BMF Business Services | Attendance of two staff members at Social Media Conference | €480 |
2015 | Atomic Advertising Ltd 15A Bishop Street Dublin 8 | To provide brand development work for the launch of the Low Pay Commission | €1,537 |
2015 | Jays Printing Unit 7 Abbey Business Park Grange Drive Baldoyle Industrial Estate Dublin 13 | To provide roll-up banners for the launch of the Low Pay Commission | €379 |
2015 | Jays Printing 7 Abbey Business Park Baldoyle Dublin 13 | To provide a rigid sign for the launch of the CSR Hub website. | €74 |
2015 | Atomic Advertising Ltd 15A Bishop Street Dublin 8 | To provide the Department with a one year advertising campaign, radio and digital, to raise awareness of a range of Government provided enterprise supports | €284,524 |
2015 | Atomic Advertising Ltd 15A Bishop Street Dublin 8 | To create a dual language logo for the Low Pay Commission | €290 |
2015 | Barberry Ltd T/A Keating & Associates 19 Fitzwilliam Place Dublin 2 | To provide NERA (and from 1st October 2015, the Workplace Relations Commission) with Communications Services (including PR; Media Monitoring; advising on the design, content and production of reports & brochures). | €6827 |
2015 | IPA | Attendance at one-day seminar ‘Social Media for Public Sector Organisations’ | €405 |
2015 | BMF Business Services | Attendance of four staff members at one-day Social Media conference | €1079 |
2016 | Barberry Ltd T/A Keating & Associates 19 Fitzwilliam Place Dublin 2 | To provide the Workplace Relations Commission with Communication Services (including PR; Media Monitoring advising on the design, content and production of reports and brochures. | €4981.50 |
2016 | Fuzion Communications | Provision of Communications services to the Workplace Relations Commission | €6863.40 |
2016 | Atomic Advertising Ltd 15A Bishop Street Dublin 8 | To provide the Department with a one year advertising campaign, radio and digital, to raise awareness of a range of Government provided enterprise supports (This amount relates to work carried out in 2015) | €20,568 |
2016 | Strategem b.t.l. Ltd. | To provide the Department with a six month public campaign to raise awareness of the Prompt Payment Code | €36,232 |
2016 | Public Relations Institute of Ireland | Attendance of two staff members at four day training course ‘Certificate for Civil Service Press Officers’ | €3,780 |
2016 | BMF Business Services | Attendance of 4 staff members at Social Media Conference | €1080 |
2016 | Law Society | Social media eSeminars for one staff member | €195 |
2017 | Strategem b.t.l. Ltd. | To provide the Department with a six month public campaign to raise awareness of the Prompt Payment Code (This amount relates to work carried out in 2016) | €25,155 |
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