Departmental Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 19 June 2018

Tuesday, 19 June 2018

Ceisteanna (442)

Catherine Murphy

Ceist:

442. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount paid per project to a company (details supplied) since 1 January 2016 to date by year, amount and project name; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26382/18]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Deputy Michael Creed)

It is not possible to provide a comprehensive response to the Deputy in the required timeframe. I will arrange for a reply to be forwarded directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 42A

I refer to PQ 26382/18 the answer to which was deferred from last week. Attached please find tables which set out the Department's expenditure through the media purchasing company Mediavest for the years 2016, 2017 and to end of April 2018 (the most recent month for which we figures). In the period there were over a thousand individual adverts.

As you are aware, Mediavest hold the central Government contract for the provision of advertising services in relation to public notices and this Department, in the main, uses that company to purchase necessary advertising.

The vast bulk of the Department's advertising consists of press notices in the specialised farming press, provincial and national newspapers. Much of this expenditure is recurring as it relates to afforestation notifications and aquaculture licence applications. Recurring expenditure also includes the publication of Statutory Instrument Notices that are required to comply with various national and EU legislative requirements.

There is also advertising which is less regular and where this has occurred, the attached tables identify the topics to which the expenditure relates.

Decisions on the placement of notices are made on a case by case basis, depending on the nature of the advertisement and the target audience.

Finally, the table for 2018 also includes expenditure labelled

December. These figures relate to advertising costs incurred during December 2017 but which were paid in 2018.

Projects paid for in 2018	€
DECEMBER FISHERIES ADVERTS	7954.89
DECEMBER HORTICULTURE ADVERT	842.55
DECEMBER MISC ADVERTS (Land Purchase Acts)	201.08
DECEMBER SI ADVERTS	1385.48
JANUARY FISHERIES ADVERTS	2614.03
JANUARY MISC ADVERTS (Sheep Welfare Scheme, CAP 2020 consultation, Clean Livestock Policy Locum Tenens Veterinary Inspection	13265.35
JANUARY SI ADVERTS	461.84
FEBRUARY FISHERIES ADVERTS	3141.84
FEBRUARY MISC ADVERTS (BPS co-ordination/one to one clinics, equine derogation)	17209.77
FEBRUARY SI ADVERTS	1049.61
FEBRUARY VETERINARY ADVERT	676.5
MARCH FISHERY ADVERTS	2286.8
MARCH FORESTRY ADVERTS	8283.21
MARCH MISC ADVERTS (BPS one to one clinics)	3510.28
MARCH SI ADVERTS	1805.3
APRIL FISHERIES ADVERTS	2893.27
APRIL FORESTRY ADVERTS	839.68
APRIL MISC ADVERTS (BPS one to one clinics, backyard poultry)	1478.57
APRIL S.I. ADVERTS	797.69
Grand Total	70697.74