€30k spent on photos is a snip, snaps Kenny

Enda Kenny spent €30,629 of taxpayers money on photography since becoming Taoiseach.

Mr Kenny insisted the photographic costs for his department were well down on the €83,298 spent in 2008 — but did not give details of costs for the two intervening years.

Mr Kenny said a cost-reduction drive had seen departmental staff taking more photographs of official events rather than outside professionals.