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Departmental Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 14 December 2011

Wednesday, 14 December 2011

Questions (115, 116)

Arthur Spring

Question:

116 Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money spent by him on public relations companies each year since 2006. [40177/11]

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Written answers

The information requested is not currently available. My Department's officials will collate the relevant material and I will forward a final response to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Arthur Spring

Question:

117 Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money spent by him on advertising with international, national and local media for each year since 2006. [40193/11]

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My Department incurs expenditure on public advertisements in connection with a wide range of educational programmes and schemes including, staff appointments in the education sector; invitations to attend local hearings; invitations to forward submissions on education-related schemes/projects; invitations to tender for school building projects. The amount of money (to the nearest thousand euro) spent by my Department on advertising for each of the years 2006 to 2011 (to date) is a follows: 2011 — €95,000 (to end November); 2010 — €105,000; 2009 — €77,000; 2008 — €340,000; 2007 — €816,000; 2006 — €800,000.

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