Departmental Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 4 December 2019

Wednesday, 4 December 2019

Ceisteanna (197)

Niall Collins

Ceist:

197. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the photography costs for his Department in each of the years March 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance; the occasions for which photographers were booked; the photographers used; the costs associated with each occasion that a photographer was used in tabular form; if there is a policy in his Department regarding the booking of photographers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50567/19]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment

The contracting of photography services for my Department is carried out as part of competitive procurement processes in line with Office of Government Procurement guidelines. Where possible, every effort is made to minimise costs. I refer to the reply to Question Nos. 601 and 604 of 14 December 2017 which covers photography costs for my Department for the period 2011 to 2017 and to Question No. 2216 of 23 July 2019 which covers photography costs for my Department for 2018.

The following table sets out the photography costs incurred by my Department to date in 2019.

		Photography Costs to date in 2019
Company	Event	Cost €
Fennel Photography	Event to mark the banning of single use plastics	461
Event Capture	Smart Community Launch in Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo	397
Fennel Photography	Food Cloud event	461
Gareth Chaney	International Energy Agency Review of Irish Energy Policy 2019	150
Maxwell Photography	Announcement of the preferred bidder to the National Broadband Plan	301
Maxwell Photography	Launch of Eircodes for Machinery	135
Maxwell Photography	Regulation of Online Content announcement	510
Maxwell Photography	Anti-Dumping Initiative	320
Maxwell Photography	Visit to Covanta regarding Climate Action Fund	412
Gerard Photography	Launch of the Local Authority Adaptation Strategy Development Guidelines	300
Maxwell Photography	Sustainable Development Goals Stakeholder Forum	455
Fennell Photography	Tellus Seminar 2019	578
Maxwell Photography	Anti-Graffiti Awareness Grant Scheme Event	283
Maxwell Photography	Launch of ‘new labelling to make recycling easier’	394
Maxwell Photography	Climate Action Plan Launch	338
Maxwell Photography	International Energy Action Fourth Annual Conference	664
Maxwell Photography	Signing of Local Authority Charter	301
Fennell Photography	First Progress Report on Climate Action	461
Fennell Photography	Proposed New Environmental Levies	400
Total to date in 2019		7,321

Payments from Ministerial allowances are not a charge on the Vote of the Department and therefore my Department does not hold information on these payments.