Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expenditure by his Department by heading (details supplied) in each of the years since June 1997 to January 2011, in tabular form; and the miscellaneous expenditure not relating to set Department budgets pertaining to the headings. [52225/17]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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The Press and Communications Office of my Department liaise with the media on behalf of my Department as well as all Ministers.  The engagement of external expertise is generally only considered where the issues involved require expert skills or capabilities that are not readily available within my Department. 

While my Department does not collate data in a manner that would allow the Question to be responded to in full, information in relation to the costs and name of any media consultants employed by my Department and the cost of the advice between 1997 and 2007 has previously been provided to the Deputy in the reply to PQ No 947 of 11 December 2007.

The information requested in respect of 2008 to 2011 is being compiled to the extent possible and will be forwarded to the Deputy in accordance with standing orders.