Details 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.