Written answers

Tuesday, 26 February 2019

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Departmental Expenditure

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent on advertising and-or sponsorship in respect of conferences external and internal, respectively, in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, by conference; the aggregate amount for each year; the amount available in the remainder of 2019 to fund same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9187/19]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department has engaged in advertising and/or sponsorship, in some cases co-sponsorship, for a number of conferences held in 2017, 2018 and 2019 to date. The detail is set out in the tables below.

YearConferenceAggregate AmountNotes
2017Asia Pacific Ireland Business Forum€4,000Promotion and marketing costs. The Asia Pacific Ireland Business Forum is an annual trade promotion and networking forum which takes place in tandem with the Asia Gaelic Games.
YearConferenceAggregate AmountNotes
2018Asia Pacific Ireland Business Forum€4,000Promotion and marketing costs. The Asia Pacific Ireland Business Forum is an annual trade promotion and networking forum which takes place in tandem with the Asia Gaelic Games.
2018Royal Irish Academy Annual Conference of the Standing Committee on International Affairs€1,000Sponsorship of the conference.
2018Five public consultations on new Irish Aid policy€7,806.91Advertising in Regional Newspapers/Connacht Tribune €7,007.41 and graphic design for Newspaper adverts €799.50.
2018“Africa and the International Criminal Court: Challenges and Prospects”€2,417The Department together with the Irish Centre for Human Rights at NUI Galway co-sponsored a public lecture delivered by Judge Bossa of The International Criminal Court entitled “Africa and the International Criminal Court: Challenges and Prospects”. The Department hosted an event on the occasion of the lecture.
201817th session of the Assembly of State Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, The Hague, 5-12 December 2018€1,208Embassy of Ireland, The Hague co-sponsored an event with the International Criminal Court Trust Fund for Victims in the margins of the 17th session of the Assembly of State Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, The Hague, 5-12 December 2018.
YearConferenceAggregate AmountNotes
2019Country Partner – Global Business Summit, Mumbai€22,500The annual Global Business Summit organised by the Economic Times is India’s premier business summit. In 2019, Ireland is the summit’s Country Partner. It is a strategic business opportunity for Ireland to raise our visibility in a region where we are working to raise our profile further. The central element is a dedicated panel discussion with an audience of approx. 75 business leaders.

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