Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 28 April 2021
137. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach the amount spent by his Department on public relations advice and media advice since January 2020 to date in 2021; and the companies engaged for this advice in tabular form. [22282/21]
View answerMy Department has no contracts with consultants or Public Relations agencies.
The Citizens’ Assembly, which is staffed by my Department, has engaged Q4 Public Relations to provide media liaison and communication services incurring costs of €18,465.71 in 2020 and €5,127.38 to date in 2021. Its remit includes raising public awareness of the Assembly’s work; managing media attendance at two face to face meetings of the Assembly in early 2020 and supporting communication and media outreach regarding seven online meetings of the Assembly between October 2020 and April 2021. Q4 also provide a press office service to engage with the media to respond to queries on the work of the Assembly.
