Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent by his Department and State agencies under his 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [29224/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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In general, public relations advice is provided by my Department's Press Office. However, from time to time, it may be necessary to engage the services of an outside provider for public relations training purposes. The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the following table.

I have requested the State Bodies under the aegis of my Department to respond directly to the Deputy, on the specific information requested, as this is an operational matter for the organisations themselves.