Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 July 2022
340. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has spent money or sought external assistance with Departmental, Ministerial public relations;and if so, the cost; and the name of the agencies, consultants and companies involved in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [39972/22]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy in relation to public relations costs incurred by my Department in the past ten years is set out in the table below. For the years 2012 – 2014 and 2018, no such costs were incurred by my Department.
|
Year |
Agencies, consultants and companies |
Cost |
|
2015 |
Carr Communications |
€110,154 |
|
2016 |
Switch Your Bank website hosting 2016 – Language Communication * |
€24,682 |
|
2017 |
Mediavest Ltd t/a Spark Foundry |
€2,870.54 |
|
2019 |
Switch Your Bank website hosting 2019 – Language Communication * |
€2,066.40 |
|
2019 |
Daniel J Edelman Ireland Limited |
€24,395 |
|
2020 |
Daniel J Edelman Ireland Limited |
€4,879 |
|
2020 |
Switch Your Bank Website hosting 2020 – Language Communication * |
€2,066.40 |
|
2021 |
Switch Your Bank Website hosting 2021 – Language Communication * |
€3,018.95 |
|
2021 |
David Curtin & Co. Ltd. |
€369 |
|
2022 (to date) |
Switch Your Bank Website hosting 2021 – Language Communication |
€2,109.45 |
*All expenditure on the Switch your Bank Website hosting prior to 2022 was fully recoupable from AIB and PTSB
