I propose to take Questions Nos. 300 and 301 together.
My Department has made the following expenditure on photography, promotional services and public relations in 2017 and to date in 2018:
Service provided
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Expenditure
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Photography
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€2,215.84
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Graphic design services for a 2016 public awareness campaign, paid in 2017
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€480
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Public awareness building of SME online tool
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€12,011.29
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Three advertisements communicating the new beneficial ownership obligations of S.I.560 of 2016 to companies, particularly those companies who were not on the Company Registration Office’s mailing list
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€2,407.73
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Advertorial following the Department’s win in the IITD awards
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€2,870.54
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Switch Your Bank campaign, which is funded in its entirety by AIB and Permanent TSB as part of a range of competition measures agreed with the European Commission to raise awareness and promote customer switching of financial products.
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Net cost zero, as costs being refunded by the banks.
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Total
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€19,985.40
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