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Departmental Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 January 2014

Thursday, 16 January 2014

Questions (146)

Niall Collins

Question:

146. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will detail, in tabular form, the total photography costs for her Department since coming to office, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance; the list of occasions for which photographers were booked; the photographers used; the breakdown of costs associated with each occasion that a photographer was used; if there is a policy regarding the booking of photographers within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1857/14]

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Photography services are used, in conjunction with some press releases and conferences, to communicate the Department’s initiatives, schemes and services to customers and to the regional and national media. Since March 2011, photography services were used for the occasions as set out in the table. The total cost from that date is €8,861.

The procurement of these photography services is carried out in accordance with national and EU procurement procedures and since March 2012, the Department has been procuring photography services under the Framework Agreement established by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in February 2012. Full details of the Framework are available online via the National Procurement Services contract list at www.procurement.ie .

I do not use my ministerial allowance for this purpose.

Year: 2011

Details

Photographer

Cost

29 July 2011

Launch of JobBridge

Maxwells

€1,035.16

07 Nov 2011

Mortgage Arrears Seminar

Ark Photography

€254.10

09 Nov 2011

Social Inclusion Forum

Ark Photography

€254.10

21 Nov 2011

2 Social Inclusion Projects

Ark Photography

€326.70

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-

Total 2011:

€1,870.06

Year: 2012

Details

Photographer

Cost

13 Feb 2012

Launch of ‘Partial Capacity’ & ‘Employability’

Maxwells

€338.25

23 Feb 2012

Launch of Pathways to Work

Maxwells

€536.28

27 Apr 2012

Opening of Community Campus in Phibblestown

Lensmen

€280.44

06 Sep 2012

Launch of Mortgage Information Helpline

Ark Photography

€258.30

13 Sep 2012

Launch of Good Practice Guide for Breakfast Clubs

Ark Photography

€184.50

17 Sep 2012

Presentation of Report of the Actuarial Review of the Social Insurance Fund

Ark Photography

€184.50

15 Oct 2012

Launch of Intreo, Sligo

Joe Travers

€300.00

19 Oct 2012

Intreo roadshow in Limerick

Pics Ltd (Kieran Clancy)

€233.70

26 Oct 2012

Employer roadshow in Galway

Joe Travers

€125.00

01 Nov 2012

Employer roadshow in Cork

Tony O’Connell Photography

€227.00

16 Nov 2012

Employer roadshow in Dublin

Ark Photography

€258.30

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-

Total 2012:

€2,926.27

Year: 2013

Details

Photographer

Cost

22 Mar 2013

Launch of Intreo in Tallaght

Lensmen

€323.48

16 Apr 2013

Launch of JobBridge Arts in Killarney

MacMonagle Photography

€338.25

19 Apr 2013

Briefing for Employers in Blanchardstown

(Launch of Intreo in Blanchardstown)

Lensmen

€851.25

1 May 2013

Publication of Indecon Report on JobBridge

Lensmen

€589.79

2 May 2013

EU Presidency Conference, Leuven

Peter Cavanagh

€707.25

10 May 2013

Kilkenny Local Office

Vicky Comerford

€123.00

18 July 2013

Launch of Pathways to Work

Maxwells

€482.16

25 Sept 2013

Inaugural Meeting of the Labour Market Advisory Council

Maxwells

€424.35

22 Nov 2013

Launch of Intreo in Loughrea (Minister & Taoiseach)

Joe Travers

€225.00

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-

Total 2013:

€4,064.53

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-

Overall Total:

€8,860.86

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