Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 July 2015
349. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Defence the total cost of public advertising, statutory and non-statutory, funded by his Department in 2013 and 2014; the corresponding figure for agencies under the control of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30022/15]
View answerDetails of expenditure on advertising by my Department and the Defence Forces in 2013 and 2014 are set out in the following table.
|
Year |
Amount |
|
2013 |
€185,606 |
|
2014 |
€169,005 |
This expenditure includes the costs of newspaper/magazine advertisements on Defence Forces recruitment; public information notices such as property transactions; warning notices in respect of military training exercises; and advertising of military commemorative events such as the Centenary of the Foundation of the Irish Volunteers and the Easter Sunday 1916 Commemoration. The figures also include the costs of a seven day national and regional radio advertising campaign to promote the Government “Be Winter Ready” information campaigns in each year.
