Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 495: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money spent on advertising and promotions in her Department and each agency under her aegis for each of the years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and to date in 2009 in tabular readable form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31580/09]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The information requested by the Deputy in relation to my Department is set out in the following table.

Advertising by the Department from 2004 to 2009

2004 - € 6,103,000

2005 - € 5,389,000

2006 - € 1,375,000

2007 - € 48,400

2008 - € 62,315

2009 - € 115,003

Responsibility for advertising and promotional campaigns transferred to the Health Service Executive in early 2006. This includes media campaigns in relation to alcohol, smoking, illegal drugs, obesity etc. Resulting from this transfer of responsibility, the Department's costs for advertising etc. reduced substantially in 2006. The expenditure in 2007 relates exclusively to a public information campaign on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme - "A Fair Deal". Expenditure in 2008 and 2009 relates to a number of public consultation and information campaigns.

With regard to agencies under the aegis of my Department, information is only available in respect of the period from January 2009 to date. Information prior to this date is not routinely collected by my Department.

Advertising by agencies under the aegis of the Department - 2009

An Bord Altranais - € 56,898

Crisis Pregnancy Agency - € 742,807

Health Insurance Authority - € 11,674

Irish Blood Transfusion Service - € 428,292

Medical Council - € 27,449

Mental Health Commission - € 4,435

National Cancer Screening Service - € 616,965

Office of Tobacco Control - € 35,654

Office of the Disability Appeals Officer - € 412

Safefood - € 203,848

With regard to the Health Service Executive, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to reply directly to the Deputy in respect of related expenditure by the Executive.