Departmental Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 January 2011

Tuesday, 25 January 2011

Ceisteanna (338, 339)

Leo Varadkar

Ceist:

446 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if agencies, boards, quangos or other bodies within the remit of his Department have carried out advertising campaigns during the course of 2010 to promote policies or programmes being implemented by those agencies or by his Department; the details of the campaign or relevant programme; the cost of advertising in publications, broadcast advertising, online advertising, outdoor advertising and other forms of advertising and consultancy or production costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3422/11]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Deputy Brendan Smith)

Details of any advertising campaign carried by the public bodies under the remit of my Department for 2010 would be an operational matter for the State Bodies/Agencies concerned.

Leo Varadkar

Ceist:

447 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has carried out, during the course of 2010, advertising campaigns to promote any policies or programmes being implemented by his Department; the name of the campaign or relevant programme; the total cost of advertising in publications, broadcast advertising, outdoor advertising and consultancy or production costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3437/11]

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Deputy Brendan Smith)

The details sought by the Deputy in relation to advertising campaigns carried out by my Department in 2010 are as follows:

Name of Campaign	Total Cost of Campaign
Forestry Programme	€16,900