Public Relations Contracts.

Thursday, 16 December 2004

Questions (232)

Fergus O'Dowd

Question:

232 Mr. O’Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the names of all companies which made tenders for public relations contracts for programmes (details supplied); the name of the successful candidate in each case; the amount each was paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33933/04]

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Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Mr. Roche)

Tenders have not been sought for public relations contracts in connection with the review of local government funding. Tenders for the national inventory of architectural heritage were for advertising specific publications rather than public relations. The information referred to in the question in respect of the other programmes named is contained in the following table:

Programmes	Companies Tendering	Successful Tender	Amount paid
Race against waste	Carr Communications Drury Communications Financial Dynamics Helme Partnership Leo Burnett Associates Lightbulb McCann Erickson McConnells McGrath Environmental Consultants Menyma MRPA Consultants Ogilvey Group Bill O’Herlihy Communications Q4 PR QMP D’Arcy	McCann Erickson	€3.5 million
Awareness and Education campaign for Electronic Voting	H&A Visual Communications Ogilvy and Mather Group Ireland Ltd. Edelman/Accenture eDemocracy Services/Chemistry Anderson Spratt Group Irish International BBDO/Fleishman-Hillard Saunders Think and Son McConnells Advertising/Q4 Public Relations Financial Dynamics/Owens DDB AFA/O Meara Advertising/The Media Group PR McCann Erickson Dublin/Western Connect/Weber Shandwick FCC DDFH and B/Bill O'Herlihy Communications Group/Longview Consulting Bates Ireland MRPA Consultants Leo Burnett Associates QMP Publicis Murray Consultants/Brindley Advertising Drury Communications Carr Communications/McCann Erickson Belfast	McConnells Advertising/Q4 Public Relations	€2,565,790.87