Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 7 February 2024
143. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has spent money or sought external assistance with Departmental, Ministerial public relations; if so, the cost; and the name of the agencies, consultants and companies involved in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5364/24]
View answerThe public relations services providers engaged by my Department and Offices of my Department and the details of the services supplied and the expenditure on each from 2014 to 2018 are set out in the below table.
My Department has not spent money or sought external assistance with Departmental / Ministerial public relations from 2019 to date.
|
Year |
Name of Public Services Provider |
Details of Services Supplied |
Cost€ |
Total € |
|
2014 |
Barberry Ltd T/A Keating and Associates |
To provide NERA with Communications Services (including PR; Media Monitoring; advising on the design, content, and production of reports & brochures). |
3,136 |
3,136 |
|
2015 |
Barberry Ltd |
To provide NERA with Communications Services (including PR; Media Monitoring; advising on the design, content, and production of reports & brochures). |
3,505 |
3,505 |
|
2016 |
Barberry Ltd Fuzion Communications |
To provide the Workplace Relations Commission with Communication Services (including PR; Media Monitoring advising on the design, content and production of reports and brochures. Provision of Communications services to the Workplace Relations Commission |
4,981 686 |
5,667 |
|
2017 |
Drury Porter Novelli Fuzion Communications Fuzion Communications |
To provide PR and event support for information campaigns; encouraging and informing companies on how to prepare their business for Brexit Provision of a range of Communications Services to the Workplace Relations Commission Development of Communications Strategy for the Workplace Relations Commission to enhance activity impact and its roll out in 2017 |
15,238 6,7534,404 |
26,395 |
|
2018 |
Fuzion Communications |
Communications advice to the Workplace Relations Commission |
1,882 |
1,882 |
