Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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600. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent by her Department on photography, by photographer and-or agency, public relations or communications advice external to the media officers of her Department, by agency; the use of public relations or communications advice by an agency fully funded by her Department by agency and month, in tabular form since 1 January 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6742/18]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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Details of the costs incurred on photography, public relations and communications advice by my Department since January 2016 are set out in the following tables. The overall objective is to keep costs of this nature to a minimum and these services are only used when deemed necessary in the course of Departmental activity.

Photography

Similar details relating to the State Agencies under the under the aegis of my Department are an operational matter and I have asked Tusla, the Office of the Ombudsman for Children and the Oberstown Children’s Detention Campus, to supply the information directly to the Deputy.

The Adoption Authority of Ireland has confirmed to me that they spent €300 on photography costs in November/December 2017 with Richie Stokes Photography. No costs were incurred in respect of public relations and communication advice.