In relation to my Department the following expenditure has been made on the headings identified by the Deputy from 1 January 2018 to date:
Month
|
Company
|
Description
|
Amount
|
January
|
Fiona Kearns Graphic Design
|
Graphic Design for IFS2020 Action Plan for 2018
|
€1,240
|
January
|
Fluid Branding
|
Promotional material for public awareness building of SME online tool
|
€3,860.90
|
January
|
Languages Communication Ltd.
|
Switch Your Bank campaign
|
€51,414
|
February
|
Languages Communication Ltd.
|
Switch Your Bank campaign
|
€177,427.50
|
March
|
Languages Communication Ltd.
|
Switch Your Bank campaign
|
€153,442.50
|
April
|
Languages Communication Ltd.
|
Switch Your Bank campaign
|
€12,915.00
|
July
|
Languages Communication Ltd.
|
Switch Your Bank campaign
|
€7,380.00
|
August
|
Public Appointment Service (PAS)
|
Advertising costs Irish Times for Competition ref: appointments to Board of NAMA
|
€1,706.70
|
The Switch Your Bank campaign is funded, in its entirety, by AIB and Permanent TSB, as part of a range of competition measures agreed with the European Commission to raise awareness and promote customer switching of financial products.
- The Department of Finance facilitates this campaign as part of its remit to ensure that consumers are protected within the financial sector in Ireland and to ensure a healthy level of competition.
- The contract with Language Communications permitted them to appoint subcontractors for provision of services.
- Phase one of the public awareness campaign cost €738,000 in total.
- Phase two of the public awareness campaign will cost €405,900 in total.