Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 January 2014
223. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will detail, in tabular form, the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department since coming to office; the list of uses of the external public relations firm; his internal Department policy regarding employing external groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1870/14]
View answerDuring the period in question, my Department has only used the services of external public relations firms to provide training to staff as follows:
|
Date |
Name of Company |
Services Provided |
Expenditure € |
|
2011 |
Carr Communications Limited |
Communications Training Module |
550.00 |
|
2013 |
Carr Communications Limited |
Training Courses |
3,275.00 |
It is my Department's policy to use in house resources as much as possible and to restrict the use of external groups to a minimum.
