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Departmental Advertising Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 February 2014

Tuesday, 11 February 2014

Questions (246)

Damien English

Question:

246. Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount spent on advertising by his Department and each agency under his aegis in 2013; if he will provide a breakdown on the amount spent on each of TV, radio, print, outdoor, Internet and social media platform advertising; the amount spent on advertising agencies; if he will provide the information in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6587/14]

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Written answers

In response to the Deputy's question the following tables outline the amount spent on advertising by my Department and each agency under my remit in 2013:

Organisation

Media Outlet

Subtotal

TotalAmount

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

Print

€2,091.00

+

Print

€223,441.57

 +

+

Radio & Online

€2,776.64

 

Office of Public Works    

Outdoor

€11,054.00

€237,272.21

+

Print**

€487,919.21

 +

+

Online

€6,477.18

 +

Public Appointments Service (Recruitment Advertising)*    

Social Media

€6,438.39

€500,834.78

State Laboratory

Print

+

€4,236.12

Valuation Office

Print

+

€6,192.00

+

Print

€33,960.34

 +

+

Radio

€2,548.56

 +

Office of the Ombudsman    

Online

€9,961.00

€46,469.90

+

Print

€55,879.54

 +

+

Radio

€18,077.89

 +

+

Online

€14,735.44

 +

Institute of Public Administration      

Outdoor Advertising

€9,963.00

€98,655.87

+

Print

€3,847.22

 +

Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) ***  

Online

€236.68

€4,083.90

Total

 +

 +

€899,835.78

 *€245,000 of this total was recovered from clients for whom the recruitment campaigns were run.

**Paid to the advertising company in accordance with the terms of the Government Contract for the placement of advertising in the print media; cost includes advertising in the print media and agency costs.

***This total amount of spend was for recruitment purposes only.  Where required, an exchange rate of £1 - €1.199 was used.

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