Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 730: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount which was spent in his Department for the years 2005 and from January 2006 to date for media purposes or advertising; where the money was spent, that is, national papers, provincial papers, RTÉ radio, local radios and so on; the amounts spent on a yearly basis for years of the pervious three years; if money was spent on videos, for promotional, educational or advertising purposes. [27970/06]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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The amount spent by my Department and by the Defence Forces for media purposes and advertising in 2005 and in 2006 (to date) is set out in the following table.

The amounts spent on a yearly basis for the previous three years is as follows:

An informational training film about the Department of Defence was produced in 2003. The film is used for the induction of new staff and is available for staff to view on my Department's Intranet. The total cost of the film was €52,831.47 and the project was partly funded by the Department of Finance through the Change Management Fund.

A video of the recent Stand Down Parade of the Civil Defence Board at Ratra House, Phoenix Park was professionally recorded. The total cost involved was €3,412. The video was recorded for historical reasons rather than for promotional, educational or advertising assistance. €28,294 was spent by the Defence Forces in relation to Promotional Recruitment material in 2005 and 2006.