John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 1377: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount spent on advertising in the Irish language by his Department and by agencies under the aegis of his Department since the enactment of the Official Languages Act 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30390/08]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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The amount spent by my Department and by agencies under the aegis of my Department on advertising in the Irish language since the enactment of the Official Languages Act 2003 is €212,316.20.

In relation to the Defence Forces, the Recruitment and Competitions Section spent a total of €1,108,134 on national media advertisements in the period from 2003 to date in 2008. As all of the advertisements placed in the national media are dual language with the text in both Irish and English it is not possible to determine the total amount spent on advertising in the Irish language.