I propose to take Questions Nos. 448, 449 and 450 together.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine provides public information about the department's wide range of schemes, services and policies. Digital and social media are some of the channels used to communicate this information.
A breakdown of advertising expenditure by year for the period requested is set out in the table below. There was no expenditure incurred with the two other companies the Deputy referred to during the period.
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2021
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2022
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Invoiced and paid up to 27 November 2023
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Facebook
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2284.35
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12813.21
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Nil
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X (formerly Twitter)
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465.41
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5081.76
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Nil
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