Written answers
Wednesday, 12 November 2025
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Departmental Communications
Thomas Gould (Cork North-Central, Sinn Fein)
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795. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a breakdown of all spending on external communications and media, by company, including the amount spent and purpose of spend, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [61205/25]
Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)
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The details of the external providers of communications and media consultancy services engaged by my Department for training purposes in the past five years are provided in the table below.
| Year | Company | Purpose | Amount incl. VAT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Drury Communications | Training for Veterinary Inspectors for regional radio interviews on Bovine TB | €5,412.00 |
| 2024 | Healy Communications | Training for horticulture and plant health officials in communicating science effectively to a general audience via the media | €2,337.00 |
| 2023 | Healy Communications | Training for senior official engaging with media | €738.00 |
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