Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 21 June 2017
250. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent by her Department and State agencies under her aegis on outside contract and or third party public relations advice and training in past three years to date in 2017, by year and company engaged, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29226/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThere was no spend by my Department on the matters referred to in 2014, 2015 and 2016. The spend to date in 2017 is in the table. The figures refer to spend on public relations advice. There has been no spend in relation to public relations training to date in 2017.
The bodies under the aegis of my Department are the Child and Family Agency (Tusla), the Adoption Authority of Ireland, the Ombudsman for Children and the Oberstown Children Detention Campus. I have referred the question to each of these bodies and asked them to provide the information sought directly to the Deputy.
The referred reply under Standing Order 42A was forwarded to the Deputy.
