Written answers

Wednesday, 4 December 2019

Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Departmental Expenditure

Photo of Niall CollinsNiall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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197. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment 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. [50567/19]

Photo of Richard BrutonRichard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The contracting of photography services for my Department is carried out as part of competitive procurement processes in line with Office of Government Procurement guidelines. Where possible, every effort is made to minimise costs.I refer to the reply to Question Nos. 601 and 604 of 14 December 2017 which covers photography costs for my Department for the period 2011 to 2017 and to Question No. 2216 of 23 July 2019 which covers photography costs for my Department for 2018.

The following table sets out the photography costs incurred by my Department to date in 2019.

Photography Costs to date in 2019
Company Event Cost €
Fennel Photography Event to mark the banning of single use plastics 461
Event Capture Smart Community Launch in Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo 397
Fennel Photography Food Cloud event 461
Gareth Chaney International Energy Agency Review of Irish Energy Policy 2019 150
Maxwell Photography Announcement of the preferred bidder to the National Broadband Plan 301
Maxwell Photography Launch of Eircodes for Machinery 135
Maxwell Photography Regulation of Online Content announcement 510
Maxwell Photography Anti-Dumping Initiative 320
Maxwell Photography Visit to Covanta regarding Climate Action Fund 412
Gerard Photography Launch of the Local Authority Adaptation Strategy Development Guidelines 300
Maxwell Photography Sustainable Development Goals Stakeholder Forum 455
Fennell Photography Tellus Seminar 2019 578
Maxwell Photography Anti-Graffiti Awareness Grant Scheme Event 283
Maxwell Photography Launch of ‘new labelling to make recycling easier’ 394
Maxwell Photography Climate Action Plan Launch 338
Maxwell Photography International Energy Action Fourth Annual Conference 664
Maxwell Photography Signing of Local Authority Charter 301
Fennell Photography First Progress Report on Climate Action 461
Fennell Photography Proposed New Environmental Levies 400
Total to date in 2019 7,321

Payments from Ministerial allowances are not a charge on the Vote of the Department and therefore my Department does not hold information on these payments.

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