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Departmental Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 4 December 2019

Wednesday, 4 December 2019

Questions (139)

Niall Collins

Question:

139. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the photography costs for his Department in each of the years March 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance; the occasions for which photographers were booked; the photographers used; the costs associated with each occasion that a photographer was used in tabular form; if there is a policy in his Department regarding the booking of photographers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50576/19]

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Professional photographic services are generally only used by my Department to mark and record significant occasions and campaigns and the vast majority of photography is undertaken by the Department's in-house communications staff as part of their normal duties. Consideration is given at all times to the costs involved when sourcing external services.

The year-by-year cost of photography services is set out in the first table, while a breakdown of individual occasions when photographers were engaged is set out in the second table. The amounts reference for 2019 include services invoiced to date.

Year

Cost

2011

€607

2012

€1,447

2013

€2,089

2014

€568

2015

€1,223

2016

€1,798

2017

€676

2018

€246

2019 (to date)

€781

Occasion

Year

Photographer

Cost

Launch of Visa Waiver Scheme

2011

Maxwell Photography

€607

Joint Statement with UK Immigration Minister, on Visa Data Exchange

2012

Maxwell Photography

€92

Joint Statement with UK Immigration Minister, on Visa Data Exchange

2012

Maxwell Photography

€526

Launch of conference "Regulatory Reform for Legal Profession in 21st Century".

2012

Maxwell Photography

€277

Deployment of Civilian Immigration Officers to Dublin Airport

2012

Maxwell Photography

€551

Meeting with Romanian Minister for Internal Affairs

2013

MAC INNES Photography

€345

Justice Home Affairs Committee

2013

MAC INNES Photography

€50

EU Presidency

2013

MAC INNES Photography

€200

EU Presidency

2013

MAC INNES Photography

€388

Bilateral meeting of EU & US delegates

2013

MAC INNES Photography

€1,106

National Missing Persons Day

2014

Maxwell Photography

€413

Promote safety on Fireworks Night

2014

Maxwell Photography

€155

International Women's Day

2015

Maxwell Photography

€121

Website and other Department Publications

2015

Maxwell Photography

€517

Website and other Department Publications

2015

Maxwell Photography

€585

International Women's Day

2016

Maxwell Photography

€232

Posthumous Pardon to Harry Gleeson

2016

Maxwell Photography

€964

2016 Annual Justice Conference

2016

Maxwell Photography

€136

Launch of Call for Proposals for EU Funded Projects

2016

Maxwell Photography

€465

Promotion of Someone Like Me art competition

2017

Finbarr O'RourkePhotography

€676

Promotion of Politics Needs Women competition

2018

David KeanePhotography

€246

Launch of Community Sponsorship Ireland initiative

2019

MaxwellPhotography

€480

Launch of the Community Integration Fund

2019

Maxwell Photography

€301

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