Public Relations Contracts Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 January 2014

Thursday, 16 January 2014

Ceisteanna (265)

Niall Collins

Ceist:

265. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Defence if he will detail, in tabular form, the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department since coming to office; the list of uses of the external public relations firm; his internal Department policy regarding employing external groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1863/14]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Defence

My Department has not incurred any expenditure on external public relations or communications consultants since I took office in March 2011. In this period, the Defence Forces engaged the services of one external communications company, The Communications Clinic, to provide training. The cost of the training was €2,775.