Written answers
Thursday, 14 December 2017
Department of Defence
Departmental Advertising Expenditure
Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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783. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the level of expenditure by his Department from 1 January 2017 to date in 2017 on advertising of Government information campaigns published specifically in national and regional newspapers in addition to all online advertising for all such Government information campaigns; the name for each such information campaign to which this expenditure related; the cost of each, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54273/17]
Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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784. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the level of expenditure by his Department or organisations under the aegis of his Department from 1 January 2017 to date in 2017 on photography, advertising, communications advice, public relations, website development, media interview training and preparation; the events, campaigns or policies to which this expenditure related; the company or person to which such payments were made, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54289/17]
Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 783 and 784 together.
The total expenditure to date in 2017 by the Department of Defence for photography, advertising and website development is set out in the tables below. There was no expenditure in relation to communications advice, public relations and media training and preparation in 2017.
In relation to expenditure in these areas for the Defence Forces; it was not possible to collate the information requested by the Deputy in the timeframe available. I shall provide the figures tothe Deputy when I receive them from the military authorities.
Photography
| Campaign/ Policy | Company | Total |
|---|---|---|
Presentation of Long Service Medals and 1916 Commemoration medals to volunteer members of Civil Defence 26/5/2017 | Maxwell Photography | €590.40 |
Website development
Campaign/ Policy | Company | Total |
|---|---|---|
Replacement of the Departments websites (, and ) | Annertech | €34,507.66 |
Advertising
Campaign/ Policy | Company | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 101 st Anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising | Mediavest Ltd. | €3,894.74 |
| Rifle Range Adverts | Mediavest Ltd. | €31,683.58 |
| Rifle Range Adverts | North Wicklow Times | €1,199.25 |
| National Heritage Guide Advert | The Heritage Council | €630.00 |
| Annual Perambulation of the Curragh Roads Advert | KFM Radio | €369.00 |
| Be Winter Ready Campaign Radio Advertisements | Mediavest Ltd. | €25,912.52 |
| Be Winter Ready Campaign two page article in the Irish Independent | Independent Newspapers Marketing Ltd. | €6,150.00 |
| Be Winter Ready Twitter campaign | Mediavest Ltd. | €5,535.00 |
| Management of Twitter campaign | Mediavest Ltd. | €2,583.00 |
| Advertising the services of the the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces -‘Signal’ Magazine – Autumn 2016 Edition | Atlantic Digital Agency Ltd. | €977.85 |
| Advertising the services of the the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces -‘Signal’ Magazine – Spring 2017 Edition | Atlantic Digital Agency Ltd. | €977.85 |
Advertising the services of the the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces -‘An Cosantóir’ Magazine December 2017- January 2018 Edition | JM Publishing Ltd. | €977.85 |
| Promoting Civil Defence | Roscrea People | €300 |
| Promoting Civil Defence | JP Devlin Media (Public Sector awards Magazine): | €2,084.85 |
| Promoting Civil Defence | Education Magazine (Reference Guide) | €984 |
| Promoting Civil Defence | Emergency Times Publication of January 2017 | €344 |
The only departmental information campaign is the Be Winter Ready 2017 information campaign which was launched on 8 November for which total expenditure was €14,268.00 as outlined above.
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