Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 320: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if agencies, boards, quangos or other bodies within the remit of his Department have carried out advertising campaigns during the course of 2010 to promote policies or programmes being implemented by those agencies or by his Department; the details of the campaign or relevant programme; the cost of advertising in publications, broadcast advertising, online advertising, outdoor advertising and other forms of advertising and consultancy or production costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3430/11]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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There are no State Agencies operating under the aegis of the Department of Foreign Affairs. There are four bodies operating under the aegis of the Department of Foreign Affairs. These are: the Ireland - United States Commission for Educational Exchange (the Fulbright Commission); the Development Education Advisory Committee; the Irish Aid Expert Advisory Group; and the Emigrant Services Advisory Committee. None of these bodies carried out an advertising campaign during 2010 to promote policies or programmes being implemented.

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 321: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has carried out, during the course of 2010, advertising campaigns to promote any policies or programmes being implemented by his Department; the name of the campaign or relevant programme; the total cost of advertising in publications, broadcast advertising, outdoor advertising and consultancy or production costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3445/11]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Foreign Affairs carried out no advertising campaigns in 2010 to promote any policies or programmes it was implementing. Advertising undertaken by the Department typically includes: advisory notices on public opening hours over holiday periods, changes in passport application procedures and fees, public information notices relating to significant developments in the European Union or to promote public awareness of Ireland's official Development Aid Programme.

Much of this material is now placed on the Department's Website but advertising continues to be necessary in order to reach all of our citizens including those with no access to internet, particularly in relation to important passport and consular services. The following tables give the details of such advertising under Votes 28 (Foreign Affairs) and 29 (International Cooperation) in the course of 2010.

Vote 28 (Foreign Affairs)

Vote 29 (International Cooperation)