Departmental Expenditure.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 3 April 2008

Thursday, 3 April 2008

Ceisteanna (198, 199)

Mary White

Ceist:

199 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Defence the amount his Department spent on recruitment advertising, excluding advertising conducted by the Public Appointments Service in 2007. [12693/08]

Mary White

Ceist:

200 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Defence the amount his Department spent on recruitment advertising excluding advertising conducted by the Public Appointments Service in 2006. [12705/08]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Defence (Deputy Willie O’Dea)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 199 and 200 together.

I have set out in the following tables the amount spent by my Department and the Defence Forces on recruitment advertising, excluding advertising conducted by the Public Appointments Service, in 2006 and 2007.Spend on Recruitment Advertising in my Department:

Year	Cost
	€
2006	20,057.35
2007	13,063.86

Spend on Recruitment Advertising in the Defence Forces

Year	Cost
	€
2006	405,367.40
2007	499,567.10