Departmental Contracts Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 14 December 2017

Thursday, 14 December 2017

Questions (631, 632, 639, 640, 642)

Robert Troy

Question:

631. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding his Department has spent on external consultancy contracts in 2017. [54097/17]

Robert Troy

Question:

632. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department per annum since coming into office, in tabular form; the external public relations firms used; the internal departmental policy with regard to employing external groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54098/17]

Shane Cassells

Question:

639. Deputy Shane Cassells asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department in each year since March 2011; the list of uses of the external public relations firms; the internal departmental policy with regard to employing external groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54251/17]

Shane Cassells

Question:

640. Deputy Shane Cassells asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs per report; the company involved; the title of the report; and the publication date, in tabular form. [54267/17]

Niall Collins

Question:

642. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of expenditure by his Department or organisations under the aegis of his Department from 1 January 2017 to date in 2017 on photography, advertising, communications advice, public relations, website development, media interview training and preparation; the events, campaigns or policies to which this expenditure related; the company or person to which such payments were made, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54299/17]

Written answers

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport

I propose to take Questions Nos. 631, 632, 639, 640 and 642 together.

The information requested by the Deputy is available on my Department's website at the following link: http://www.dttas.ie/corporate/english/expenditure-external-services.

A separate index of photography costs is provided at: http://www.dttas.ie/corporate/english/photography-costs.

It is the policy of my Department in the exercise of its functions to use internal resources as far as possible. External service providers are hired occasionally in circumstances where particular expertise is not available internally or where it is otherwise deemed to add value or independence to the work of the Department.