Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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782. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent on public relations services in each of the years 1 January 2015 to 1 January 2018 and to date in 2019 in her Department and agencies under her remit by amount, service provider and reason for incurring cost in tabular form. [7142/19]

Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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I am advised that the information requested by the Deputy in respect of payments made to public relations companies by my Department and bodies under its aegis during the periods in question, is set out in the tables below.

Value for money is a critical consideration in assessing whether external firms should be engaged to provide public relations services or any other services. I am also advised that all bodies under the aegis my Department are subject to Public Procurement Guidelines.

Department Expenditure

As I have previously indicated to the House, the Creative Ireland programme continues to engage in citizen engagement and public awareness to get people involved in cultural and creative activities. A full annualised breakdown of cost incurred in relation to these activities is published on the Creative Ireland website.

Arts Council

Chester Beatty Library

Crawford Art Gallery

An Foras Teanga*

Foras na Gaeilge

* Note: An Foras Teanga - comprising Foras na Gaeilge and the Ulster Scots Agency While the above figures represent the total expenditure under the funding arrangements pertaining to the bodies under An Foras Teanga, 75% of costs for Foras na Gaeilge and 25% of costs for Ulster-Scots Agency are funded from the Vote of the Department.

Heritage Council

National Concert Hall

National Gallery of Ireland

National Library of Ireland

National Museum of Ireland

Screen Ireland

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Waterways