Departmental Expenditure

Tuesday, 26 February 2019

Questions (94)

Joan Burton

Question:

94. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent on advertising and-or sponsorship in respect of conferences external and internal, respectively, in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, by conference; the aggregate amount for each year; the amount available in the remainder of 2019 to fund same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9187/19]

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Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade

My Department has engaged in advertising and/or sponsorship, in some cases co-sponsorship, for a number of conferences held in 2017, 2018 and 2019 to date. The detail is set out in the tables below.

Year	Conference	Aggregate Amount	Notes
2017	Asia Pacific Ireland Business Forum	€4,000	Promotion and marketing costs. The Asia Pacific Ireland Business Forum is an annual trade promotion and networking forum which takes place in tandem with the Asia Gaelic Games.

Year	Conference	Aggregate Amount	Notes
2018	Asia Pacific Ireland Business Forum	€4,000	Promotion and marketing costs. The Asia Pacific Ireland Business Forum is an annual trade promotion and networking forum which takes place in tandem with the Asia Gaelic Games.
2018	Royal Irish Academy Annual Conference of the Standing Committee on International Affairs	€1,000	Sponsorship of the conference.
2018	Five public consultations on new Irish Aid policy	€7,806.91	Advertising in Regional Newspapers/Connacht Tribune €7,007.41 and graphic design for Newspaper adverts €799.50.
2018	“Africa and the International Criminal Court: Challenges and Prospects”	€2,417	The Department together with the Irish Centre for Human Rights at NUI Galway co-sponsored a public lecture delivered by Judge Bossa of The International Criminal Court entitled “Africa and the International Criminal Court: Challenges and Prospects”. The Department hosted an event on the occasion of the lecture.
2018	17th session of the Assembly of State Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, The Hague, 5-12 December 2018	€1,208	Embassy of Ireland, The Hague co-sponsored an event with the International Criminal Court Trust Fund for Victims in the margins of the 17th session of the Assembly of State Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, The Hague, 5-12 December 2018.

Year	Conference	Aggregate Amount	Notes
2019	Country Partner – Global Business Summit, Mumbai	€22,500	The annual Global Business Summit organised by the Economic Times is India’s premier business summit. In 2019, Ireland is the summit’s Country Partner. It is a strategic business opportunity for Ireland to raise our visibility in a region where we are working to raise our profile further. The central element is a dedicated panel discussion with an audience of approx. 75 business leaders.