New department plaques to cost €15k

AROUND €15,000 will be spent changing name plaques from Department of Arts, Sports and Tourism to Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport outside its offices in Killarney and Dublin.

The sum is believed to be the tip of the iceberg in the overall cost in changing the website, stationery and signage following the re-arrangement of the words in the department’s name announced in the recent Cabinet reshuffle which saw name changes at five Government departments.

The total cost of the realignment has not yet been estimated.