Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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587. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he, his special advisory teams, or senior officials have consulted with, received briefings or sought advice from an external communications expert or communications consultancy company, or a public relations or public affairs company, in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the costs associated with those interactions; the names of those that have been engaged with; the subject matter or topics the engagements related to, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39134/24]

Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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Since my Department's formation in 2020, there have been 2 engagements with a consultancy company as outlined in the Deputy's question, namely Crowe, who developed reports prepared to inform the internal departmental decision-making, organisation design and policy development.

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