Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 June 2015
197. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, broken down by year, the use of external public relations firms employed by her Department since coming into office; the list of uses of the external public relations firms, and internal Department policy with regard to employing external groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23442/15]
View answerIn line with Department of Social Protection policy, the press office deals with all media queries and public relations matters. It is the Department’s policy to use in-house resources as much as possible and to restrict the use of external firms to a minimum.
During the period referred to by the Deputy, the Department has used the services of one external public relations firm for training purposes, details of which are outlined in the following table.
|
Year |
Company Function |
|
2012 |
Carr Communications, 5 Northumberland Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 Communications training for senior management. |
|
2014 |
Carr Communications, 5 Northumberland Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 Media Skills one-day training for 21 officials. |
