Shane Cassells (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department in each year since March 2011; the list of uses of the external public relations firm; the internal Department policy with regard to employing external groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54248/17]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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During the period in question, my Department has only used the services of external public relations firms to provide training to staff, strategy development, and facilitation services at conferences/meetings, as set out in the table below:

It is my Department's policy to use in-house resources as much as possible for the provision of such services.