Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 July 2018
2533. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her Department's expenditure on photography and other promotional services including the creation of social media content in 2017 and to date in 2018. [34230/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraFor the purposes of this reply, ‘promotional services’ is interpreted as public information campaigns, run by my Department in 2017 and to date in 2018. It is not possible to itemise spending on the creation of social media content as some content is created in house. The cost of design for social media would be relatively small in terms of an overall public information campaign budget. However, the cost of social media advertising has been itemised here for convenience.
Please find details of spending on photography, public information campaigns in 2017 and to date in 2018, and social media advertising in the following tables.
Photography Costs (Ex VAT)
|
Year |
€ |
|
2017 |
€7,788 |
|
2018 to date |
€2,564 |
|
Public Information Campaigns 2017 (Costs include all advertising and associated design costs) |
€ |
|
Total (Ex Vat) |
€772,471 |
|
Of which Social Media Advertising Spend |
€15,500 |
|
Public Information Campaigns 2018 to date (Costs include all advertising and associated design costs) |
€ |
|
Total to date (Ex Vat) |
€262,546 |
|
Of which Social Media Advertising Spend |
€4,500 |
