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Departmental Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 December 2015

Tuesday, 8 December 2015

Questions (109)

Robert Troy

Question:

109. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her Department's photography costs since she came into office, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance by year in tabular form; the occasions for which photographers were booked; the photographers used; the costs associated with each occasion; the policy in place regarding the booking of photographers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43637/15]

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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.

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.

I do not use my ministerial allowance for this purpose.

Since March 2011, photography services were used for the occasions as set out in the following table.

Year: 2011

Details

Photographer

Cost (€)

29 July 2011

Launch of JobBridge

Maxwells

1,035.16

16 Aug 2011

Departmental Summer School, Maynooth

Kevin Morris Photography

950.00

07 Nov 2011

Mortgage Arrears Seminar

Ark Photography

254.10

09 Nov 2011

Social Inclusion Forum

Ark Photography and Dragana Jurisic

547.50

21 Nov 2011

2 Social Inclusion Projects

Ark Photography

326.70

Total 2011:

€3,113.46

Year: 2012

Details

Photographer

Cost (€)

13 Feb 2012

Launch of ‘Partial Capacity’ and ‘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

Picsure 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

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 and 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 and Taoiseach)

Joe Travers

225.00

Total 2013:

€4,064.53

Year: 2014

Details

Photographer

Cost (€)

15 Jan 2014

Launch of Benefit of Work ready reckoner and official opening of Intreo in Ballyfermot office

Ark Photography

322.88

20 Jan 2014

Official opening of Intreo in Limerick

Kieran Clancy

221.40

21 Feb 2014

Official opening of Intreo in Castlebar

Joe Travers

300.00

3 April 2014

Medical Assessor Admin Conference

Bobby Studios Photography

270.60

30 April 2014

Launch of Interim Report of Labour Market Council

Ark Photography

258.30

10 Oct 2014

Launch of Pathways to Work 2015

Ark Photography

387.45

29 Dec 2014

Official launch of secondment of Gardaí to Special Investigations Unit

Mac Innes Photography

€378.84

Total 2014

€2,139.47

Year: 2015

Details

Photographer

Cost (€)

24 April 2015

Tánaiste meeting with French Prime Minister in Leinster House

Mac Innes Photography

€246.32

28 Sept 2015

Launch of Jobs Week

Maxwell Photography

€413.28

11 Nov 2015

Launch of Intreo in Galway

Joe Travers Photography

€175.00

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