Léim ar aghaidh chuig an bpríomhábhar
Gnáthamharc

Departmental Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 May 2019

Thursday, 16 May 2019

Ceisteanna (169)

Dara Calleary

Ceist:

169. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount expended with respect to promoting and carrying out the Rural Opportunity roadshow campaign to date; the costs associated with advertising, by online and offline, design work, photography, event staging and venue hire, respectively; the cost of creating online content to promote this campaign and maintenance costs to date in tabular form; the budget allocated for promotional activities in 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21323/19]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Freagraí scríofa

The rural opportunity campaign and events are intended to highlight to communities the opportunities available to them in terms of funding programmes and supports from Government and agencies.

The table below provides details of the expenditure incurred by my Department to date in relation to the series of Government Rural Opportunity events held across the country.

Item

Amount

Design and print of funding information leaflet

€394

Online promotion of Rural Opportunity video

€1,394

Irish translation for leaflet and press release

€162

Rural Opportunity video production

€19,557

Venue setup

€12,224

Total (as at 16 May 2019)

€33,731

I can confirm that there is no central budget within my Department set aside solely for promotional activities. Expenditure relating to promotion of individual programmes or events is incurred as the need arises and is generally met at divisional or business unit level.

Barr
Roinn