Details of the costs incurred on photography, public relations and communications advice by my Department since January 2016 are set out in the following tables. The overall objective is to keep costs of this nature to a minimum and these services are only used when deemed necessary in the course of Departmental activity.
Photography
|
Month / Year
|
Company
|
Cost
|
|
November 2016
|
Maxwell Photography Ltd.
|
€528.90
|
|
April 2017
|
Maxwell Photography Ltd.
|
€430.50
|
|
August 2017
|
Maxwell Photography Ltd.
|
€361.62
|
|
November 2017
|
Maxwell Photography Ltd.
|
€578.10
|
|
December 2017
|
Maxwell Photography Ltd.
|
€528.90
|
Public Relations
|
Month / Year
|
Company
|
Cost
|
|
September 2017
|
Persuasion Republic
|
€102,256
|
Communications Advice
|
Month/Year
|
Company
|
Cost
|
|
April 2017
|
Ms Mandy Johnston
|
€4,750
|
Similar details relating to the State Agencies under the under the aegis of my Department are an operational matter and I have asked Tusla, the Office of the Ombudsman for Children and the Oberstown Children’s Detention Campus, to supply the information directly to the Deputy.
The Adoption Authority of Ireland has confirmed to me that they spent €300 on photography costs in November/December 2017 with Richie Stokes Photography. No costs were incurred in respect of public relations and communication advice.
