Campaigns funding in NI.
Dear Public Health Agency for Northern Ireland,
I refer to the following quote made by a PHA staff member;
" the cost of TV advertising depends on a number of factors and it is not feasible to provide a ball park figure as you requested. I am also unable to provide any more detailed information as we sign confidentiality agreements with our media partners about specific rates. "
Please answer the following;
1. Please outline the nature of the Confidentiality agreements and explain why this money , which is public money, is deemed 'not to be accounted for'.
2. Who has given the authority that these funding agreements not be disclosed to the public, contrary to FOI law.
3. Please outline the total expenditure of PHA funded campaigns with 'media partners' in the past 5 years, year by year.
4. From those totals please outline how much of each yearly expenditure was spent on mental health campaigns, year by year.
5. Please outline the PPI strategies employed in Q 3 and 4 and the ballpark figure of service users/carers consulted in these decisions, year by year.
Yours faithfully,
Joan Corrigan
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Dear Ms Corrigan
Ref: Freedom of Information Request No. 32/17
Please find attached response to your recent Freedom of Information Request.
If you have any queries about this communication, please do not hesitate to contact me. It would be helpful if you could quote the reference number above in any future communications relating to this request for information.
Yours sincerely
Rebecca Murray
Rebecca
OBO
Karen Braithwaite | Senior Operations Manager | Southern Office | Tower Hill | Armagh | BT61 9DR | Tel No: 028 9536 3487 | [email address]
Dear Rebecca Murray,
Can you please scan/provide a direct link to the legal documents which refer to the non disclosure of the information requested in my question one. Thanks.
Yours sincerely,
Joan Corrigan
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Dear Public Health Agency for Northern Ireland,
Furthermore, in questions 3 and 4 - you say you have provided spending figures- however the figures are all for mental health campaigns? I was asking for a figure for all PHA spending campaigns in total and then the mental health figures apart from that? To see what % is spent on mental and physical health side by side. Is that not possible?
Yours faithfully,
Joan Corrigan
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Dear Ms Corrigan,
I acknowledge receipt of your e-mail dated 16 August 2017.
Yours sincerely
Karen Braithwaite
Senior Operations Manager (Delivery)
Public Health Agency
Tower Hill
ARMAGH
BT61 9DR
Tel: 028 9536 3487
Dear Karen Braithwaite,
Please outline when a response to my two further requests (16 Aug) will be answered.
Yours sincerely,
Joan Corrigan
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I am currently out of the office, returning on Monday, 11 September. I
will respond to your e-mail on my return. If your query is urgent, please
contact Rebecca Murray on 028 9536 3511 or [email address].
Thank you.
Karen
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Dear Ms Corrigan
Ref: Freedom of Information Request No. 32/17
Please find attached response to your requests for further information received by the Public Health Agency on 16 August 2017.
If you have any queries about this communication, please do not hesitate to contact me. It would be helpful if you could quote the reference number above in any future communications relating to this request for information.
Yours sincerely
Rebecca Murray
Rebecca
OBO
Karen Braithwaite | Senior Operations Manager | Southern Office | Tower Hill | Armagh | BT61 9DR | Tel No: 028 9536 3487 | [email address]
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