Departmental Advertising Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 March 2018

Tuesday, 20 March 2018

Ceisteanna (1007)

Catherine Murphy

Ceist:

1007. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount spent by his Department on third party public relations advice, communications advice, online advertising and public awareness campaigns from January 2017 to date in 2018, by year, month and company engaged in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11770/18]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government

My Department did not incur any expenditure on third party public relations advice or communications advice from January 2017 to date in 2018.  The engagement of external expertise is generally only considered where the issues involved require expert skills or capabilities that are not readily available within my Department.

While my Department does not collate data in a manner that would allow the Question to be responded to on a monthly basis, information in relation to the amount spent on online advertising and public awareness campaigns has previously been provided in Question No. 744 of 14 December 2017. There has been no expenditure on either between then and now.

The details requested in relation to bodies under the aegis of my Department are a matter for the individual bodies concerned. Arrangements have been put in place by each Agency to facilitate the provision of information directly to members of the Oireachtas. The contact email address for each agency is set out in the following table:

An Bord Pleanála	[e-mail]
Ervia, Gas Networks Ireland	[e-mail]
Housing Finance Agency	[e-mail]
Housing Sustainable Communities Agency	[e-mail]
Irish Water	[e-mail]
Local Government Management Agency	[e-mail].
Ordnance Survey Ireland	[e-mail]
Property Registration Authority	[e-mail]
Pyrite Resolution Board	[e-mail]
Residential Tenancies Board	[e-mail]
Valuation Office	[e-mail]