My Department administers over 70 separate schemes and services, which affect the lives of almost every person in the State. In 2017, some 1.7 million applications for benefits, assistance and access to schemes were received and processed, and over 82 million individual payments were made to people across all age groups and to employers.
The Department is committed to ensuring that members of the public are fully aware of the welfare supports and services that are available to them, and public information campaigns are an important part of this work.
No third party public relations or communications advisory expenditure was incurred by my Department to date in 2018.
Details of all social and digital media advertising, and total campaign, costs, as invoiced to 14 December 2018, are detailed below:
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Project
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Social Media Costs (Ex. VAT)
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Digital Media Costs (Ex. VAT)
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Total Campaign Costs (Ex. VAT) including all newspaper, radio, outdoor and online advertising costs.
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Senior Management Vacancies
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Nil
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Nil
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€10,886.69
|
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Tullamore Show
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Nil
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Nil
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€750
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National Ploughing Championship
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Nil
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Nil
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€1,200
|
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Low Pay Commission
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Nil
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€3,000
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€16,783.21
|
|
Gender Recognition Act
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Nil
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Nil
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€12,064.62
|
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Make Work Pay - Consultation
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Nil
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Nil
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€15,549.44
|
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Farm Assist
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Nil
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Nil
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€20,002.64
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Jobsweek 2018
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€1,728.57*
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Nil
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€20,759
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Dundalk Jobs Fair
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€799.95*
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Nil
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€6,504.72
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False Self-Employment
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€2,000
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€10,100
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€107,747.16
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Pension Reform - Consultation
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Nil
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Nil
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€15,003.43
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|
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€4,528.52
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€13,100
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€227,250.91
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*Facebook promoted post
Invoiced to 14 December 2018.
