Marian Harkin
Question:172 Ms Harkin asked the Taoiseach the expenditure by his Department on photographic services in the periods 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2001, 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2002, and 1 January 2003 to date. [4008/03]
Written Answers. - Departmental Expenditure.
Marian Harkin
Question:173 Ms Harkin asked the Taoiseach the amount of money spent on media advertising in the periods 1 January 2001 to December 2001, 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2002, and 1 January 2003 to date. [4023/03]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 172 and 173 together.
The amount spent by my Department on photographic services and media advertising for the periods 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2001; 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2002 and 1 January 2003 to date is as follows:
|
Photographic Services |
Media Advertising |
|
|
1 January, 2001-31 December, 2001 |
€11,295.91 |
€28,104.17 |
|
1 January, 2002-31 December, 2002 |
€30,940.20*1 |
€262,822.70*2 |
|
1 January, 2003 to date |
€310.80 |
€1,141.30 |
*1 The 2002 figure includes costs incurred in 2001, bills for which only became payable in 2002. These include a number of payments associated with official visits abroad by me.
*2: The figure for 2002 includes €242,677.30 in respect of the National Forum on Europe. The bulk of this relates to advertising in the national and provincial media related to meetings of the forum around the country.