Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 November 2023
901. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a breakdown of the advertising spend of his Department and agencies under the remit of his Department, by national media outlet and local newspaper outlet, for each of the years 2020 to 2022, in tabular form. [47725/23]
View answerThe Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine provides public information about the Department's wide range of schemes, services and policies. Advertising in national and local newspapers is one of the channels used to communicate this information.
A breakdown of expenditure by year for the period requested is set out in the below table.
|
Year |
National (print and broadcast) |
Local newspaper |
|
2020 |
€136,577.12 |
€60,717.30 |
|
2021 |
€80,449.88 |
€36,699.54 |
|
2022 |
€466,707.65 |
€50,839.47 |
As regards the 12 State Bodies under the aegis of my Department, the information requested is an operational matter for the State Bodies themselves. I have referred the Deputy’s question to the Agencies and have requested that a response should issue within 10 days.
