Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 229: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount spent on advertising campaigns to recruit for the Garda Reserve annually since its establishment; and the planned campaigns and costings for 2009. [40119/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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A total of €258,868 has been incurred by the Garda Síochána Vote in 2007 (€154,736) and 2008 (€104,132) in respect of the public information campaigns to recruit for the Garda Reserve. The Garda Reserve recruitment advertising campaign for 2009 is currently in the process of being planned and the estimated cost of that campaign is not currently available.

In 2006, a major recruitment campaign was undertaken by An Garda Síochána with the purpose of recruiting to An Garda Síochána both full time and reserve Garda. The total amount expended in 2006 on this campaign amounted to €683,933. It is not possible to break this figure down into the amount spent in respect of the Garda Reserve only.