It is the policy of my Department to keep costs in relation to the use of photographers to a minimum. The total expenditure on photographers from March 2011 to March 2014 was €4,047, as set out in the following table. Please contact me if any further detail is required.
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Name of Photographer / Company
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Occasion for which booked
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Costs
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Robbie Reynolds Photography
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Symposium for Senior Pharmaceutical Policy Makers
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€738
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Fennells
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Joint Meeting of Chief Medical Officers & Chief Nursing Officers
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€105
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Fennells
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National Drugs Co-originators Meeting
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€117
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1 Image Photography
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NPHDB/CHGB Joint Induction Day
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€314
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Donagh Glavin Photography
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John Higgins Chair of the Strategic Board on Hospital Groups
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€234
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Conor McCabe Photography
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Tobacco Free Ireland Launch
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€554
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Derek Speirs
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First National Clinical Effectiveness Symposium
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€437
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Conor McCabe Photography
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Consultation Day on Rare Disease Plan for Ireland
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€430
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Derek Speirs
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2nd National Patient Safety Conference
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€318
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Tommy Clancy Photography
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Launch of the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations
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€0 (European Commission)
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Conor Healy
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Seminar: Parental Substance Misuse - Addressing its Impact on Children. A Review of the Literature
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€800
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The Deputy will be aware that questions concerning Ministerial allowances are solely a matter for the Oireachtas. However, the Minister has previously confirmed that he pays for communications advice, related to the health reform agenda, from the Secretarial Allowances from the Oireachtas.
