Written answers
Wednesday, 4 February 2009
Department of Defence
Departmental Expenditure
9:00 pm
John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 218: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of press conferences and policy launches which were held by his Department in 2007 and 2008; the cost of hosting each one; if he will supply the information in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3706/09]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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The press conferences and policy launches held by my Department in 2007 and 2008 were as follows:
Date | Event | Cost |
29th March 2007 | Review of the 35th Infantry Group KFOR leaving for peacekeeping duties in Kosovo | Nil |
5th April 2007 | Launch by Minister O'Dea of two reports regarding The issues affecting the recruitment and retention of women in the Defence Forces, and A review of the Implementation of the White Paper | Nil |
18th April 2007 | Review of the 36th Infantry Group leaving for peacekeeping duties with UNIFIL | Nil |
24th April 2007 | Opening of the National Emergency Co-Ordination Centre | €2,327.20 plus VAT |
18th July 2007 | Launch of the 2006 Annual Report | Nil |
21st September 2007 | Review of the 37th Infantry Group KFOR leaving for peacekeeping duties in Kosovo | Nil |
26th September 2007 | Swearing in Ceremony for the Military Judge Colonel Anthony McCourt | €552.00 plus VAT |
27th March 2007 | Review of the 38th Infantry Group KFOR leaving for peacekeeping duties in Kosovo | Nil |
14th April 2008 | Joint launch by An Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, T.D and Minister O'Dea of the Public Information and Awareness Campaign on Emergency Planning | €7,744.96 plus VAT |
1st May 2008 | Review of the 97th Infantry Battalion leaving for duty in Chad | Nil |
26th June 2008 | Ceremony to Mark the 50th Anniversary of the Defence Force's Involvement in Peacekeeping | €800.00 plus VAT |
25th September 2008 | Review of the 39th Infantry Group KFOR leaving for peacekeeping duties in Kosovo | Nil |
17th December 2008 | Minister O'Dea accepts the Second Report of the Independent Monitoring Group | €250.00 |
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