Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent)
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Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost of hiring external public relations companies to all Government Departments over the past decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20586/11]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I take it that the Deputy is referring solely to public relations costs and not to advertising costs that would be incurred by my Department in the normal course of business, such as entries into telephone directories, the placing of advertisements in national newspapers, recruitment advertising, advertising associated with the national development plans, e-tenders etc. The table below outlines details of this spend from 2002 -2011: