John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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398. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of statutory and non-statutory public advertising that his Department funded for each of the years 2002 to 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3248/16]

Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Due to the time frame covered by this PQ and the fact that the accounting records have been archived, my officials have extracted the information requested in respect of the period 2002 to 2010 from previously answered PQs. Advertising undertaken by the Department typically includes advisory notices on public opening hours over holiday periods, changes in passport application procedures and fees, employment opportunities that arise in the Department from time to time, as well as public information notices relating to developments in the European Union or in regard to Ireland’s official Development Aid Programme. The Departments accounting system does not differentiate between statutory and non-statutory advertising.

The following table shows the total amounts spent on advertising under Votes 28 (Foreign Affairs) and 27 (International Cooperation) for each year from 2002 to 2012: