Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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98. To ask the Minister for Finance the photography costs for his Department in each of the years March 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance; the occasions for which photographers were booked; the photographers used; the costs associated with each occasion that a photographer was used in tabular form; if there is a policy in his Department regarding the booking of photographers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50572/19]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The amount my Department incurred in respect of photography costs from March 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019 is set out in the table below. All costs were paid from my Department's voted allocation.

There is no specific policy regarding the booking of photographers but the ordinary rules per the public financial procedures apply to such expenditure.