Departmental Advertising.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 June 2009

Tuesday, 23 June 2009

Ceisteanna (140, 141)

Leo Varadkar

Ceist:

154 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance if agencies, boards, quangos or other bodies within the remit of his Department have carried out advertising campaigns in the first six months of 2009 to promote policies or programmes being implemented by those agencies or by his Department; the details of the campaign or relevant programme; the cost of advertising in publications, broadcast advertising, on-line advertising, outdoor advertising and other forms of advertising and consultancy or production costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24971/09]

Leo Varadkar

Ceist:

155 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has carried out, during the first six months of 2009, advertising campaigns to promote any policies or programmes being implemented by his Department; the name of the campaign or relevant programme; the total cost of advertising in publications, broadcast advertising, outdoor advertising and consultancy or production costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24986/09]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Finance (Deputy Brian Lenihan)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 154 and 155 together.

Neither my Department, nor the following bodies under its aegis — the Office of Public Works, the Comptroller and Auditor General, the Office of the Appeals Commissioner, the Office of the Commission for Public Service Appointments, the Office of the Ombudsman, the Public Appointments Service and the State Laboratory — carried out advertising campaigns in the relevant period 2009 to promote their policies or programmes.

The following tables set out details in respect of relevant advertising campaigns undertaken by the Office of the Revenue Commissioner and the Office of Public Works in the period since the start of 2009.

	Campaign/Purpose	Advertising in Publications	Outdoor Advertising	Advertising in Broadcast Media etc
		€	€	€
Revenue	PAYE Anytime	2,517
Revenue	P35	47,596		172,021
Revenue	CGT	11,672
Revenue	Stamp Duty Incentive	10,240
Revenue	Trusts/Investigations	21,014
Revenue	CAT simplification	10,097
Revenue	Budget Free-phone	20,091
OPW	Glebe Easter Art competition	1,018		1,087
OPW	JKF Calendar	365
OPW	Phoenix Park City Sightseeing (Visitor Centre)	204
OPW	Phoenix Park City Sightseeing (Visitor Centre)	950
OPW	Phoenix Park Primary Times (Visitor Centre)	244
OPW	Rathfarnham Advertising	1,003
OPW	Altamont Garden Trail	100
OPW	Farmleigh G. Promotion of Exhibitions	2,464
OPW	Castletown Promotion of House	304
OPW	Kilkenny C. Promotion of Cultural Programme	400