Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 8 October 2020
132. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the contracts with public relations agencies and consultants entered into by her Department; and the remit of these contracts including the costs in tabular form. [29358/20]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe information requested by the Deputy in relation to contracts entered into by my Department is set out in the following table.
|
Year Commenced |
Company |
Contract Remit |
Expenditure to date(VAT inclusive) |
|
2019 |
TBWA Dublin |
Digital services and support (including content management, photography, video production, web and social media editorial, search engine optimisation, accessibility and multimedia support across all platforms) to the Creative Ireland Programme. |
2019 €94,821 2020 (to date) €96,534 |
Value for money is a critical consideration at all times in assessing whether external firms should be engaged to provide services of this nature and public procurement guidelines are followed in awarding contracts for these services.
