Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 11 Apr 2001

Vol. 534 No. 4

Written Answers - Consultancy Contracts.

Charles Flanagan

Question:

85 Mr. Flanagan asked the Taoiseach the total amount of money paid by his Department, including payment in respect of Ministers of State, in respect of public relations consultancy work undertaken by private sector public relations consultancy firms each year for the years 1998, 1999 and 2000. [10883/01]

The Taoiseach

The following schedule contains details of all public relations firms employed by my Department and bodies under the aegis of my Department for the years 1998, 1999 and 2000. The cost is identified in each case where payments have been made.

Department of the Taoiseach – Public Relations Services

Name	Type of consultancy	Amount	Year
Hall Public Relations	PR consultants for the 1798 Commemoration	£10,000	1998

National Millennium Committee – Public Relations Services

CMS Marketing	Public Relations Work	£196,976.53	1999
(Century Merchandising)		£112,443.77	2000
Peter Owens DDB		£64,140.73	1999
Advertising/information campaign		£261,160.60	2000
Pembroke Communication	Public Relations Work	£80,278.06	2000

Information Society Commission – Public Relations Services

Edelman Public Relations	Engaged on a retainer basis to manage a communications and media strategy for the ISC	£32,670.£43,560£43,560	199819992000
Edelman Worldwide	PR Consultancy for Netd@ys	£52,000	July to November 1999

Referendum Commission (operated in 1998) – Public Relations Services

Drury Communications

PR Consultants on the Northern Ireland Referendum

£1,864,241 (of which £111,622 was media consultancy management fee; the balance was sub-contractor/ supplier expenditure via media consultants )

1998

All Party Committee on Constitution – Public Relations Services

Shelbourne Public Affairs

Public Relations

£7,260.00

2000

Central Statistics Office – Public Relations Services

Charles Weston

Media Advisor – re Publications

£1,019.20

1998

Campus & Stadium Ireland Development Ltd (up to 31.12.2000) – Public Relations Services

Wilson Hartnell

Public Relations

£55,547.49

2000

Charles Flanagan

Question:

86 Mr. Flanagan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total amount of money paid by her Department, including payment in respect of Ministers of State, in respect of public relations consultancy work undertaken by private sector public relations consultancy firms each year for the years 1998, 1999 and 2000. [10884/01]

Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Ms Harney)

My Department did not directly engage any private public relations consultancy firms to undertake public relations consultancy work in any of the years 1998, 1999, 2000.

Moneys have, however, been expended in respect of public relations by two of the offices under the aegis of my Department as follows:

Competition Authority:

Year	Name	Amount
2000	Cathy Young	£3,837.02
2000	Wall2Wall	£10,927.74

Director of Consumer Affairs:

Year	Name	Amount
1999	Caden Communications(formerly Radio Centre)	£10,073.25
2000	Caden Communications(formerly Radio Centre)	£12,584.00