Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 December 2013
136. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 26 November 2013, the value of the contract awarded to a company (details supplied); if the contract was awarded by public tender or direct award; and the person that decided the design of the medium term economic strategy would be outsourced. [52827/13]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe entity to which the Deputy refers is an ongoing local authority initiative to promote Irish design. The entity offered to provide assistance to the Department of Finance to develop a design scheme for the Medium-Term Economic Strategy document which will help ensure that its message and goals are communicated with maximum clarity to the widest possible readership in Ireland and abroad. This offer was accepted by the Department. The local authority entity has undertaken this work as part of its in-house design promotion programme, therefore no tendering process or contract were required.
