Departmental Advertising

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 February 2023

Tuesday, 21 February 2023

Ceisteanna (316)

Matt Carthy

Ceist:

316. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount expended on advertising and promotion in his Department and all agencies under the remit of his Department in 2022 and in January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8689/23]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

The information requested relating to advertising and promotion in my Department in 2022 and in January 2023 is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

Please note that the information requested in relation to bodies under the aegis of my Department is a matter for the individual bodies concerned. Arrangements have been put in place by each Agency to facilitate the provision of information directly to members of the Oireachtas. The contact email address for each agency is set out in the following table:

State Body	Contact E-mails
An Bord Pleanála	[e-mail]
An Fóram Uisce (the Water Forum)	[e-mail]
Docklands Oversight and Consultative Forum	[e-mail]
Ervia	[e-mail]
Gas Networks Ireland	[e-mail]
Heritage Council	[e-mail]
Housing Finance Agency	[e-mail]
Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency	[e-mail]
Uisce Éireann	[e-mail]
Land Development Agency	[e-mail]
Local Government Management Agency	[e-mail]
National Oversight and Audit Commission	[e-mail]
National Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committee	[e-mail]
Office of the Planning Regulator	[e-mail]
Ordnance Survey Ireland	[e-mail]
Property Registration Authority	[e-mail]
Pyrite Resolution Board	[e-mail]
Residential Tenancies Board	[e-mail]
Valuation Office	[e-mail]
Valuation Tribunal	[e-mail]
Water Advisory Body	[e-mail]
Waterways Ireland	[e-mail]

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51.

My Department undertakes public information campaigns where there is important information to be brought to the public’s attention. Advertising and promotion in general, utilises traditional advertising methods including TV, radio, online and print as well as social media. Out of the figures below, significant expenditure was necessary for the Franchise Unit of my Department. This was for public information campaigns on electoral issues such as the annual Register of Electors Awareness campaign, the modernisation of the Electoral Register project following from the Electoral Reform Act 2022.

The other significant spend would have been from my Department’s National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management - including expenditure on a suite of important public health and safety campaigns such as National Fire Safety Week.

Having reviewed the advertising and promotion expenditure for 2022 and January 2023, my Department’s records indicate the following spend on advertising and promotion as set out in the table below:

Time Period	Spend
01/01/2022 – 31/12/2022	€986,476
01/1/2023 – 31/01/2023	€48,739
Total Spend 1/1/2022 – 31/1/2023	€1,035,215

The information requested in relation to bodies under the aegis of my Department is a matter for the individual bodies concerned. Arrangements have been put in place by each Agency to facilitate the provision of information directly to members of the Oireachtas. The contact email address for each agency is set out in the following table:

State Body	Contact E-mails
An Bord Pleanála	[e-mail]
An Fóram Uisce (the Water Forum)	[e-mail]
Docklands Oversight and Consultative Forum	[e-mail]
Ervia	[e-mail]
Gas Networks Ireland	[e-mail]
Heritage Council	[e-mail]
Housing Finance Agency	[e-mail]
Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency	[e-mail]
Uisce Éireann	[e-mail]
Land Development Agency	[e-mail]
Local Government Management Agency	[e-mail]
National Oversight and Audit Commission	[e-mail]
National Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committee	[e-mail]
Office of the Planning Regulator	[e-mail]
Ordnance Survey Ireland	[e-mail]
Property Registration Authority	[e-mail]
Pyrite Resolution Board	[e-mail]??
Valuation Office	[e-mail]
Residential Tenancies Board	[e-mail]
Valuation Tribunal	[e-mail]
Water Advisory Body	[e-mail]
Waterways Ireland	[e-mail]