Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 November 2017
148. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the public relations companies or agencies the services of which her Department used for information campaigns since 1 January 2017; and the costs incurred to date in 2017. [46070/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department uses external public relations providers having regard to its business needs for specialist communications advice and technical materials assistance. In engaging such providers, the Department is mindful of the need to secure value for money and, accordingly, strives to keep costs to the minimum.
The total expenditure incurred by my Department and its Offices to date in 2017 on the services of public relations companies is €53,261. The names and business addresses of the providers of these services and the details of the services supplied are set out in the following table:
Total Expenditure Incurred by the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation on the Services of PR Companies in 2017
|
Year |
Name of PR Company |
Service Provided |
Cost € |
|
2017 |
Strategem b.t.l. Ltd. |
To provide the Department with a six month public campaign to raise awareness of the Prompt Payment Code (This amount relates to work carried out in 2016) |
25,155 |
|
|
Drury Porter Novelli |
PR and event support for information campaigns; encouraging and informing companies on how to prepare their business for Brexit |
15,238 |
|
|
Fuzion Communications |
Provision of Communications Services to the Workplace Relations Commission |
12,868 |
