Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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162. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the expenditure by her Department by heading (details supplied) in each of the years since June 1997 to January 2011, in tabular form; and the miscellaneous expenditure not relating to set Department budgets pertaining to the headings. [52215/17]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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It is not possible to provide accurate financial information in the format requested by the Deputy for the period June 1997 to January 2011 as the Programme Budgeting Model does not allow for the retrieval of such data prior to its introduction in 2012.

Details of expenditure incurred by my Department in respect of advertising, public relations, and consultancy are, however, available for years going back to 1997 as such details were provided in response to Parliamentary Questions in recent years. The Parliamentary Questions concerned are:

Parliamentary Question Ref No 30213/07 of 21 November, 2007

“To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount his Department spent on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since 2002; and the amount that was spent on television, radio, print media and internet media in tabular readable form.”

Parliamentary Question Ref No 33552/07 of 11 December, 2007

“To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number, cost and name of any media consultants employed by his Department; the cost of such advice for each year since 1997 to date in 2007; the nature of the work done; and if he will make a statement on the matter.”

Parliamentary Question Ref No 28383/08 of 10 July, 2008

“To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the expenditure by her Department on consultants for each of the past six calendar years, including to date in 2008; the breakdown of these figures in order to show the amount and proportion of expenditure on consultants which relates to expenditure on public relations, marketing or advertising consultants; and if she will make a statement on the matter.”

Parliamentary Question Ref No 42582/08 of 25 November, 2008

“To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of expenditure on consultancy by her Department in 2006 and 2007; the numbers of consultants engaged by her Department in those years; the names of the consultancy companies awarded contracts; the steps which have been taken to reduce the expenditure on consultancy and the reliance on consultants by her Department in these years and for the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter.”

Parliamentary Questions Ref No 40182/11 of 14 December, 2011

“To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of money spent by him on public relations companies each year since 2006.”

Parliamentary Questions Ref No 40198/11 of 14 December, 2011

“To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of money spent by him on advertising with international, national and local media for each year since 2006."