Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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132. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the Government's initiatives in his Department in 2017 that promoted State services or welfare payments, public awareness of regulatory changes and public consultations that involved advertising and promotion on television, radio, newspapers and online, in tabular form; and the level of expenditure for each such initiative. [2259/18]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy in relation to such government initiatives in my Department in 2017 was as follows.

In 2017 the costs relating to the promotion of the "Be Winter Ready" Information Campaign, as a Government of Ireland initiative to promote State services and public awareness, came to a total cost of €40,180. 

The "Be Winter Ready" Information Campaign is a coordinated annual government initiative launched each November through the Government Task Force on Emergency Planning with the relevant lead Government Ministers and their Departments and is considered as a Government of Ireland public information and awareness initiative carried out over the Winter months.

Separately, as a public consultation initiative, the Department of Defence spent €2267.15with the Irish Independent publication inviting submissions on the Department's Irish Language Scheme. Other advertising costs incurred by the Department in 2017 included:

The Defence Forces related expenditure in 2017 included: