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Departmental Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 February 2019

Tuesday, 26 February 2019

Ceisteanna (479)

Joan Burton

Ceist:

479. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent in advertising or sponsorship in respect of conferences external and internal, respectively, in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, by conference; the aggregate amount for each year; the amount available in the remainder of 2019 to fund same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9181/19]

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Freagraí scríofa

My Departmental remit includes complex policy areas, oversight of State regulation and service provision across key strategic services such as energy and public service broadcasting, as well as regulation of sectors such as mining and hydrocarbon exploration. Given the economic significance and community interest in these areas my Department incurs some expenditure on advertising and sponsorship to promote its policies / programmes from time to time. The information requested is outlined in tabular format:

Conference Details

External or Internal Conference

Spend in 2017

Spend in 2018

Spend to date in 2019

Amount available in the remainder of 2019 to fund same

Bioeconomy Ireland Day

External

n/a

€10,000

n/a

n/a

Project Ireland 2040 event

Internal

n/a

€26,715

n/a

n/a

All of Government Climate Plan event

Internal

n/a

n/a

€6,799

n/a

National Dialogue on Climate Action

Internal

n/a

€24,009

€1,557

n/a

Tipperary Energy Agency Conference Sponsorship

External

n/a

€7,500

n/a

n/a

Community Development Conference

External

n/a

€5,000

n/a

n/a

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Lead Author meeting *

External

n/a

n/a

€28,107

n/a

Geological & Research Organisations Annual Meetings/Seminars

External

€8,000

€9,000

€1,500

€10,000

Irish Geoscience Early Career Symposium 2018

External

n/a

€1,000

n/a

n/a

Irish Association for Economic Geology

External

€250

€250

n/a

n/a

Trading Online Voucher Scheme - Regional Events

Internal - Partnership with Local Enterprise Office Network

€101,128

n/a

n/a

n/a

Critical Infrastructure Seminar

External

n/a

€2,480

n/a

n/a

Aggregate Amount for each year

€109,378

€85,954

€37,963

n/a

*Contribution to the cost of the event

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