Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform 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. [50577/19]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. The engagement of any such service providers by my Department is done in line with procurement policy, with every effort made to minimise costs. My Department does not have a formal policy in relation to engaging photography services, as the majority of such requirements are met internally by the staff of its Press Office.

* Expenditure in respect of the National Shared Services Office, prior to its establishment as a Scheduled Office under the aegis of the Department on 1^stJanuary 2018