Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 290: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value of advertising placed in national newspapers in 2005; the newspapers and the amount received for each of the past five years; and if the placing of official notices and departmental advertisements are subject to a tendering process. [7694/06]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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From 2001 to 2005, my Department incurred expenditure totalling €836,364 on advertisements in national newspapers, broken down as follows: 2001, €219,692; 2002, €154,478; 2003, €103,096; 2004, €122,409; and 2005, €236,689.

My Department advertises in the national newspapers, namely, The Irish Times, Irish Independent, Irish Examiner, Sunday Independent, The Sunday Business Post, The Sunday Tribune, Foinse and Lá. In the time available, it would not be possible to provide a breakdown of the expenditure figures for the past five years for each of the newspapers involved. The Office of Public Works negotiates a central contract with an advertising agency on behalf of my Department by means of a tendering process for the placement of my Department's notices and advertisements in the national newspapers.