Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government 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. [29230/17]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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My Department did not incur any public relations advice or training related expenditure in the past three years to date in 2017.  My Department’s Press and Communications Office provide this service on behalf of the Department and will up-skill themselves as necessary to carry out their roles.

The details requested in relation to bodies under the aegis of my Department are a matter for the individual bodies concerned. Arrangements have been put in place by each Agency to facilitate the provision of information directly to members of the Oireachtas. The contact email address for each agency is set out in the following table.

Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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266. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence 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. [29228/17]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Expenditure on training related to public relations in the Department of Defence over the same period is set out in the following table.