Departmental Advertising

Tuesday, 5 December 2023

Questions (341)

Louise O'Reilly

Question:

341. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage how much his Department has spent on advertising on a website (details supplied) for each of the years 2019 to 2022 and to date 2023, in tabular form; and whether his Department will still run advertisements on the platform going forward due to issues. [53803/23]

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Written answers

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

The information requested is being compiled by my Department and will be forwarded to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51

The table below outlines advertising spending by my Department on the Twitter/X platform. This spending forms part of public consultations and information campaigns on topics such as voter registration, fire safety and grants in the areas of housing and water. The Department has not advertised on Twitter in some months and has no current plans to do so.

Year	Platform	Amount (ex VAT)
2019	Twitter	€1,782.87
2020	Twitter	€2,155.71
2021	Twitter	€1,386.31
2022	Twitter	€16,632.47
Up to 27 Nov 2023	Twitter	€8,456.20