Vol. 490 No. 5
277 Mrs. Owen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the costs incurred since July 1997 for public relations and media advice to him, for personal photographs and any photographic work to cover functions attended by him outside of the normal coverage provided by photographers of local and national papers. [10726/98]
No costs have been incurred by me for public relations and media advice. Such work has been done in-house by the press and information office of my Department which is staffed by established civil servants. The total cost of photographic work incurred by my Department since July 1997 to date is £1,240.37, inclusive of VAT. This compares with expenditure of £3,268 in 1996, £1,274 in 1995 and £1,791 from January to May 1997 when the Deputy was in office.
