Ahern calls for an end to glossy brochures

JUSTICE Minister Dermot Ahern is putting a stop to the glossy brochures, extravagant information campaigns and fanfare surrounding launches by state agencies under his department.

Defending plans to cut the budget of the Equality Authority by 43% next year, Mr Ahern told the Dáil a lot of this money was spent on excessive launches and PR campaigns.

Mr Ahern said: “I have made it clear to the Equality Authority and all other bodies under the aegis of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform that I do not want them to produce any more glossy brochures or reports. Such documents should be made available on a disk. I do not want any more of the fanfare we have seen when reports are launched.”