Written answers

Thursday, 14 December 2017

Department of Children and Youth Affairs

Departmental Expenditure

Photo of Anne RabbitteAnne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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659. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the photography costs per annum for her Department since coming to office, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance, in tabular form; the occasions for which photographers were booked; the photographers used; the costs associated with each occasion that a photographer was used; if there is a policy regarding the booking of photographers within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54073/17]

Photo of Katherine ZapponeKatherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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Details of the costs incurred on photography by my Department since my appointment as Minister in May 2016 are set out in the following table:

DatePhotographerNature of EmploymentCost
2016Maxwell Photography Ltd.Comhairle na nÓg Showcase€528.90
2017 to dateMaxwell Photography Ltd.Launch of Affordable Childcare Scheme€430.50
Maxwell Photography Ltd.Photo Call: Childcare Billboard Launch 01/8/17€361.62
Maxwell Photography Ltd.Photo Call: Minister visit to Kilnamanagh FRC 20/10/17€578.10
Maxwell Photography Ltd.Dáil na nÓg Event€528.90

The overall objective is to keep costs of this nature to a minimum and photographers are only used when deemed necessary in the course of Departmental activity.

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