Departmental Communications

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 13 December 2017

Wednesday, 13 December 2017

Questions (98)

Dara Calleary

Question:

98. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of running the creative youth pull-out section in a newspaper (details supplied); the Department that authorised it; if his Department authorised it; if his Department was consulted before authorisation was provided; if this was an initiative by the strategic communications unit, SCU; the role of the SCU in this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53498/17]

Written answers

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

This is not a matter for my Department, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. Matters in relation to the Strategic Communications unit are for the Department of Taoiseach in the first instance.