My Department only avails of the services of external photographic agencies where it is warranted, in particular, for major events and State occasions. This is a service which my Department provides so that the media can easily and freely avail of photography where their own staff photographers cannot be fully accommodated. Events such as the visit of State Visit of Queen Elizabeth, the Global Irish Economic Forum and the Presidential Distinguished Service Awards resulted in positive coverage of Ireland. In September 2011, my Department led a collaborative advertised tender process for the procurement of a multi-supplier competitive framework of photographic service providers. This is now available for use by all Government Departments. Details of the framework arrangements and the photographers used are posted on the National Procurement Service website: www.procurement.ie/suppliers/contracts/1298. The purpose of this framework is to ensure Departments’ compliance with EU procurement rules and to ensure value for money by having a competitive process for photographic assignments. In addition, my Department now makes greater use of in-house resources for photography, including, for example, at the Irish-Africa Economic Forum in October.
The total cost of photography to my Department over the period in question is €161,493.37.
The table below indicates the cost associated with particular events.
|
Events
|
Amount
|
|
Expenditure at Missons*
|
34,167.51
|
|
Credential Ceremonies
|
30,332.54
|
|
State Visit of Queen Elizabeth II
|
22,662.70
|
|
Official visit by Chinese Vice President
|
7,321.58
|
|
State visit Prince Albert of Monaco
|
6,213.35
|
|
OSCE Ministerial Council
|
4,786.55
|
|
Visit of President of Mozambique
|
3,102.50
|
|
Official Visit to New York and Washington Minister
|
2,683.78
|
|
Official Visit by Japanese Prime Minister
|
2,555.94
|
|
Official Visit by Canadian Prime Minister
|
2,553.36
|
|
Official visit by the King and Queen of Lesotho
|
2,473.14
|
|
Official Visit to Mozambique, Malawi & Tanzania
|
2,388.30
|
|
Global Irish Economic Forum 2013
|
2,175.20
|
|
Diplomatic Corp New Years Greeting
|
2,015.97
|
|
Global Irish Economic Forum
|
1,923.90
|
|
Inauguration of President Higgins
|
1,817.30
|
|
OSCE Event Lessons Learned from Northern Ireland
|
1,479.35
|
|
Visit of Thai Royal Family
|
1,377.60
|
|
Launch of Our World Awards
|
1,268.05
|
|
African Ireland Economic Forum 2011
|
1,220.59
|
|
Presidential Distinguished Service Awards 2013
|
1,074.20
|
|
Our World Irish Aid Awards (National and Regional)
|
942.18
|
|
Hati Photographic exhibition
|
919.9
|
|
Presidential Distinguished Service Awards 2014
|
841
|
|
Irish Aid Centre Education materials
|
741.8
|
|
Science for Development Award at BT Young Scientist
|
711.71
|
|
National Ploughing Championship
|
687
|
|
Launch of Commemoration Lecture
|
658.82
|
|
Irish Aid - One World One Future
|
637.14
|
|
Official Visit to Kenya
|
606.4
|
|
Official Visit by Indian Minister
|
599.75
|
|
2010 Irish Aid Annual report
|
596
|
|
Schools Awareness Programmes
|
561
|
|
Irish Aid Awards 2014
|
560.88
|
|
Launch of EU Presidency Logo
|
560.84
|
|
Visit of Scottish Minister Hyslop
|
551.04
|
|
Launch of Africa Day 2011 - Dublin
|
526.35
|
|
Official farewell for the British Ambassador
|
524.84
|
|
Meeting of EU Development Ministers
|
521.19
|
|
Reconciliation Forum
|
516.6
|
|
Western Balkans Conference
|
482.16
|
|
Africa Day 2013
|
478.45
|
|
Visit of Elders
|
430.5
|
|
OSCE 5+2 Conference
|
417.76
|
|
Visit of Congressman Morrison
|
412.05
|
|
Irish Aid Zero Hunger Event
|
398.46
|
|
Visit of Aung Sang Suu Kyi
|
393.92
|
|
Official visit of US Congressional Delegation
|
388.62
|
|
Hunger Envoy's Report
|
379.33
|
|
Unveiling of W.B. Yeats Statue
|
378.84
|
|
Visit of Canadian Foreign Minister
|
378.84
|
|
Visit of Governor of Massachusetts
|
361.62
|
|
Simon Cumbers Fund Exhibition
|
350.86
|
|
Launch Event of Documents on Irish Foreign Policy
|
344.4
|
|
Official Visit By First Lady
|
327.18
|
|
Iveagh House Commemorative Lecture
|
327.18
|
|
Africa Ireland Economic Forum - 2012
|
319.8
|
|
Meeting with Japanese Ambassador
|
318.84
|
|
Launch of Certificate of Irish Heritage
|
296.23
|
|
HNCJ Conference
|
284.63
|
|
Irish Aid, Trade and Development Conference
|
282.41
|
|
UNRWA Commissioner General
|
246
|
|
Irish Aid Volunteering Fair
|
241
|
|
Meeting with Senator Gary Hart
|
240.45
|
|
Official Visit by Chinese Vice Premier Ma
|
223.86
|
|
Our World Irish Aid Awards 2014
|
223.86
|
|
Minister meeting with representatives of Orange Halls
|
223.81
|
|
Meeting with British Delegation
|
209.1
|
|
Irish Aid Annual Report Launch
|
206.64
|
|
100 Objects Launch
|
206.64
|
|
Visit of Bill Gates
|
195.2
|
|
Visit of German Opposition Leader
|
194.88
|
|
Visit of Norwegian Foreign Minister
|
189.19
|
|
Irish Aid Our World Awards
|
171.23
|
|
Northern Voices Exhibition
|
167.28
|
|
EU Affairs Minister Meeting
|
166.05
|
|
Visit of French Minister for European Affairs
|
166.05
|
|
Irish Aid International Conference on Agricultural
|
164.6
|
|
EU working Group on Humanitarian Aid
|
154.98
|
|
OSCE 5+2 Conference (2)
|
153.75
|
|
Irish Aid Volunteering Fair 2013
|
137.76
|
|
Visit of Romanian Foreign Minister
|
137.76
|
|
Visit of Head of International Rescue
|
137.76
|
|
Forum on Female Entrepreneurship
|
134.33
|
|
Lecture by Mark O'Neill
|
124.54
|
|
Irish Aid AWEPA Conference
|
120.54
|
|
Visit of Swiss Foreign Minister
|
120.54
|
|
Volunteering Fair, Limerick - 2011
|
119.55
|
|
Irish Aid Fellowship Annual Meeting
|
119.55
|
|
Forum with Arab Ambassadors
|
116.85
|
|
Africa Day Launch, Limerick - 2011
|
115.85
|
|
BT Young Scientist 2013
|
109.29
|
|
Meeting with UN Special Envoy to the Great Lakes
|
103.32
|
|
Visit of Secretary General Council of Europe
|
103.32
|
|
Irish Aid Annual Report Launch
|
103
|
|
Global Irish Network Advisory Group
|
102.15
|
|
Official visit to Korea/Japan
|
95
|
|
Launch of Review of Trade, Tourism and Investment Strategy
|
86.1
|
|
Images of Seal of Office
|
34.44
|
|
Image of Xi Jinping Visit
|
17.22
|
|
|
161,493.37
|
*It was not possible to provide a full breakdown in the time available.
