Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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187. To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost of all media advertising to his Department for each of the past five years; the efforts his Department is making to ensure that local media both print and radio are being supported as well as national media by his Department's budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37478/13]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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The table sets out the total spend by my Department on public advertisements in national and local print media, radio and television for the past five years to date in 2013.

Much of my Department’s media expenditure is concerned with advertisements of an obligatory nature (as stipulated by the relevant legislation) such as the advertising for senior civil servant posts and government notices in European and State publications.

In relation to the efforts made by my Department to support local and national print and radio media, the Deputy will be aware that my Department is required to apply the rules governing procurement for Government bodies including, inter alia, EU procurement guidelines, the Public Spending code, etc.