Departmental Expenditure

Thursday, 23 March 2017

Questions (52)

Jack Chambers

Question:

52. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of any payments made by her Department, its agencies or any bodies under her aegis to any broadcasters here in the years 2014, 2015 and 2016; the broadcaster to which the funds were provided; the reason for the payments; and if there are any reasons for payments to broadcasters in 2017. [14727/17]

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Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality

The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the tables.

1. Private Security Authority

The Private Security Authority (PSA) uses Mediavest, the organisation that holds the Department contract for the purpose of running all information campaigns in the print and broadcast media, to conduct its radio broadcast campaigns. On this basis the PSA does not pay such broadcasters directly and instead radio advertising campaigns are arranged and paid for by Mediavest on the PSA's behalf. Mediavest then recoups the relevant payments from the PSA.

Radio advertisement or information campaigns are used by the PSA for the purpose of, inter alia, advising the public that a new sector within the private security industry has become licensable, advising the public of safety issues, advising the public of regulatory requirements when engaging the services of those working in the industry, advising those working in the industry that they must be licensed operators where appropriate as required by the Private Security Services Act 2004 (as amended). Details in respect of the PSA and payments made to broadcasters by Mediavest on its behalf are set out in the table:

Date	Campaign	Cost (Including VAT) €	Broadcasters/Stations
2017 (to end of March)	Locksmiths Licensing	22,855.86	Newstalk, Today FM, Radio 1
2016	Licensed Door Security/Security Guards and identity badges	24,615.99	Today FM, Newstalk, Urban Stations - 96/103FM, Q102. Limerick 895FM, Galway Bay FM, LMFM, FM104, WLR
	Using licensed Intruder Alarms Contractors	32,626.98	Today FM, UTV Urban Access ( 106 FM, Today FM, Urban list), Newstalk, RTE Radio, TIP FM, radio Kerry, Tipp MidWest
	Electronic Gates Safety	40,420.88	Radio 1, Urban Stations - FM104, Cork 96/103FM, Limerick Live, LMFM, Galway Bay FM, Local Radio - Clare FM, East Coast Radio, Highland Radio, KFM, Midlands 103, Northern Sound/Shannonside, Ocean FM, Radio Kerry, Radio Nova, South East Radio, Sunshine 106.80,
2015	Licensed CCTV & Your Business	30,122.70	RTE Radio 1, Urban - FM104, Cork 96/103FM, Q102, Limerick Live LMFM, Galway Bay, WLR, Local, Clare FM, East Coast Radio, Highland Radio, KCLR, KFM, Midlands 103, Midwest Radio, Northern Sound/Shannonside, Ocean FM, Radio Kerry, Radio Nova, South East Radio, Sunshine 106, 80, Tipp FM
	Private Investigator Licensing	9,950.70	Radio 1
	Licensed Security/Security Guards and identity badges	31,069.80	Radio 1, Urban Stations - FM104, Cork 96/103FM, Limerick Live, LMFM, Galway Bay FM, Local Radio - Clare FM, East Coast Radio, Highland Radio, KFM, Midlands 103, Northern Sound/Shannonside, Ocean FM, Radio Kerry, Radio Nova, South East Radio, Sunshine 106.80, Tipp FM
	Licensed Electronic Security for your home and business	31,069.80	Radio 1, Urban Stations - FM104, Cork 96/103FM, Limerick Live, LMFM, Galway Bay FM, Local Radio - Clare FM, East Coast Radio, Highland Radio, KFM, Midlands 103, Northern Sound/Shannonside, Ocean FM, Radio Kerry, Radio Nova, South East Radio, Sunshine 106.80, Tipp FM
2014	Licensed Electronic Security for your home and business	47,709.41	Newstalk, 96FM, Live95FM, Radio 1 , IRS, WLR
	Licensed Door Security/Security Guards and identity badges	19,164.36	Newstalk, Today FM, UTV urban stations

2. Garda Síochána Commission

In 2014 the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission paid RTE TV Library sales €61.50 (incl. VAT) for a transcript of a recording of Prime Time from 09 May 2013.

3. COSC - the National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence.

In 2014 approximately €270,000 and in 2015 €278,000 was awarded to over 80 local and national domestic and sexual violence organisations for awareness raising activities. Some of this funding was allocated to advertising on local radio. It would take a disproportionate amount of time and resources to give a breakdown of how much of this funding was paid to broadcasters. However, an approximate indication would be in the region of 18% of the total cost of the expenditure for the two years in question.

On the 16 November 2016, I launched the national awareness campaign ‘What would you do?’ which has been developed by Cosc. ‘What would you do?’ is a high impact media campaign to reach a national audience which features TV ads, cinema, radio, outdoor, social and digital advertising. It is intended that the campaign will run for 6 years up to 2021, with the first three years dedicated to domestic violence and the final three years focussing on sexual violence.

The breakdown of payments to broadcasters in 2016 as part of the national awareness campaign ‘What would you do?’ are as follows:

Media type	Broadcasters	Cost
TV	RTE, TV3, UTV Ireland, Medialink (C4, C4+1, E4, E4+1, MORE4, FILM 4) & Sky Media (Sky1, Sky 2, Sky Atlantic, Sky Living, Sky News, Sky Sports 1, Sky Sports 2, Sky Sports 3, Sky Sports 4, Sky Sports 5, Sky Sports News, Gold, Alibi, Challenge, Discovery, Comedy Central, Dave, Universal, E!, Pick, TLC)	€188,740.28
Radio	2FM, Today FM, IRS+ (Radio Kerry, Clare FM, Highland Radio, Kildare FM, Tipp FM, Ocean FM, Midwest, KCLR, Midlands 103, Northern Sound, Shannonside, South East Radio, East Coast), Media Central (Spin 103, 98FM, Classic Hits 4FM, iRadio, Beat 102 103, Spin South West) & Newstalk	€197,618.75

4. Charities Regulatory Authority

Date	Campaign	Stations	Cost (Including VAT) €
2016	DVD of RTE programme - research on a charity	RTE	61.50
2017	Refund on deposit related to an FOI request	RTE (journalist)	80.00

5. Property Services Regulatory Authority

Date	Campaign	Stations	Cost (Including VAT) €
Apr 2016	Public information campaign informing the public of the requirement of property services providers to be licensed and that unlicensed operators provide no consumer protection for clients.	FM104, Cork 96/103 FM, Q102, Limerick Live, LMFM, Galway Bay FM, WLR, Clare FM,East Coast Radio, Highland Radio, KCLR, KFM, Midlands 103, Midwest Radio, Northern Sound/Shannon, Ocean FM, Radio Kerry, Radio Nova, South East Radio, Sunshine 1106.80, Tipp FM	22,702
		Radio 1	15,300
		FM104, Cork 96/103FM, Q102, Limerick Live, LMFM, Galway Bay FM, WLR	9,908
November 2016	Public information campaign informing the public of the requirement of property services providers to be licensed and that unlicensed operators provide no consumer protection for clients.	Clare FM, East Coast Radio, Highland Radio, KCLR, KFM, Midlands 103, Midwest Radio, Northern Sound, Shannonside, Ocean FM, Radio Kerry, Radio Nova	10,949

6. Insolvency Service of Ireland

Section 9 of the Personal Insolvency Amendment Act requires the Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) to “promote public awareness and understanding of matters relating to personal insolvency” and to “develop strategies for communicating with the public aimed at promoting the use of insolvency arrangements and enhancing their effective application”.

The following expenditure was incurred to promote awareness of the ISI’s solutions.

Date	Campaign	Stations	Cost (Including VAT) €
		Newstalk	2,863.44
2014	To promote public awareness and understanding of matters relating to personal insolvency” and to “develop strategies for communicating with the public aimed at promoting the use of insolvency arrangements and enhancing their effective application”.	Urban Radio; FM104 Cork 96/103FM Q102 Limerick Live LMFM Galway Bay FM, WLR	15,639.20
	IRS stations: Clare FM, East Coast Radio, Highland Radio, KCLR, KFM, Midlands 103, Midwest Radio Northern Sound/Shannonside, Ocean FM, Radio Kerry Radio Nova, South East Radio, Sunshine 106.80, Tipp FM	10,140.62
2015 September	To promote public awareness and understanding of matters relating to personal insolvency” and to “develop strategies for communicating with the public aimed at promoting the use of insolvency arrangements and enhancing their effective application”.	Midlands 103FM	1,107
Jan-March	IRS stations: Clare FM, East Coast Radio, Highland Radio, KCLR, KFM, Midlands 103, Midwest Radio Northern Sound/Shannonside, Ocean FM, Radio Kerry Radio Nova, South East Radio, Sunshine 106.80, Tipp FM	66,641.40
2016 June	To promote public awareness and understanding of matters relating to personal insolvency” and to “develop strategies for communicating with the public aimed at promoting the use of insolvency arrangements and enhancing their effective application”.	IRS Stations: Clare FM, East Coast FM, Highland Radio, KCLR, Kerry, KFM, Midlands 103, MWR, Ocean FM, South East Radio, Shannonside, Northern Sound, Tipp FM, Nova, Sunshine	4,675.68
October	Newstalk 2 FM IRS stations: Clare FM, Eastcoast FM, Highland Radio, KCLR, Kerry, KFM, Midlands 103, MWR, Ocean FM, South East Radio, Shannonside, Northern Sound, Tipp FM, Nova, Sunshine	34,927.01
October (TV)	RTE, TV3, TG4, Alibi, UTV	12,640.95
2017	Campaign	Stations	Cost (Including VAT) €
TV	To promote public awareness and understanding of matters relating to personal insolvency and to develop strategies for communicating with the public aimed at promoting the use of insolvency arrangements and enhancing their effective application.	RTE, TV3, TG4, UTV Ireland, Skymedia	201,406.16
	IRS stations: Clare FM, East Coast Radio, Highland Radio, KCLR, KFM, Midlands 103, Midwest Radio Northern Sound/Shannonside, Ocean FM, Radio Kerry Radio Nova, South East Radio, Sunshine 106.80, Tipp FM	61,283.52
Radio Jan- March	4FM Sunshine FM FM104	3,021.49