I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has not allocated any funding or made any payments to RTE.
The following is the position regarding the advertising budget spend by my Department and the bodies under the aegis of my Department in each of the past ten years.
Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
|
Year
|
Total Advertising Budget Allocated/Spent
|
|
2013
|
Nil
|
|
2014
|
Nil
|
|
2015
|
€2460.00
|
|
2016
|
€1,333.66
|
|
2017
|
€3,780.14
|
|
2018
|
€9,501.82
|
|
2019
|
€53,702.84*
|
|
2020
|
€38,411.01*
|
|
2021
|
€8,659.33
|
|
2022
|
€6,485.79
|
|
To date in 2023
|
€45,909.40*
|
*The increased spending in 2019 reflects spending on the Project Ireland 2040 Public Information campaign - two-week tranches of transit advertising on public transport networks throughout Ireland. The increased spending in 2020 relates to to secure advertising space in a number of local and national newspapers in order to publish a notice of statutory Public Consultations held under the European Union (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Arterial Drainage) Regulations 2019, which deals with the development of flood relief schemes. The increased spending to date in 2023 relates to the national media campaign consisting of press, radio and digital advertising to promote the new eTenders platform.
Bodies under the Aegis
OPW
|
Year
|
Total Advertising Budget Allocated/ Spent
|
|
2013
|
€252,484
|
|
2014
|
€329,225
|
|
2015
|
€410,825
|
|
2016
|
€302,477
|
|
2017
|
€507,511
|
|
2018
|
€389,992
|
|
2019
|
€453,177
|
|
2020
|
€471,680
|
|
2021
|
€424,228
|
|
2022
|
€451,355
|
|
To date in 2023
|
€246,435
|
Office of the Ombudsman
|
Year
|
Total Advertising Budget Allocated/Spent *
|
|
2013
|
€53,688.00
|
|
2014
|
€39,739.00
|
|
2015
|
€135,044.00
|
|
2016
|
€164,133.00
|
|
2017
|
€64,488.00
|
|
2018
|
€67,978.00
|
|
2019
|
€49,898.00
|
|
2020
|
€48,419.00
|
|
2021
|
€25,559.00
|
|
2022
|
€17,096.00
|
|
To date in 2023
|
€20,118.00
|
*This is the total expenditure per year incurred by the Office of the Ombudsman Vote (Vote 19). This comprises of the Office of the Ombudsman, the Standards in Public Office Commission (including the Regulation of Lobbying), the Office of the Information Commissioner, the Commissioner for Environmental Protection, the Commission for Public Service Appointments and the Office of the Protected Disclosures Commissioner. The increase in expenditure in 2015 and 2016 related to an advertising campaign concerning the launch of the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015.
Public Appointments Service
|
Year
|
Total Advertising Budget Allocated/ Spent
|
|
2013
|
€502,655.00
|
|
2014
|
€705,124.00
|
|
2015
|
€685,770.00
|
|
2016
|
€633,681.00
|
|
2017
|
€660,235.00
|
|
2018
|
€804,500.00
|
|
2019
|
€926,050.00
|
|
2020
|
€751,183.00
|
|
2021
|
€912,477.00
|
|
2022
|
€859,667.00
|
|
To date in 2023
|
€517,487.00
|
National Shared Service Office
|
Year
|
Total Advertising Budget Spent
|
|
2013
|
Nil
|
|
2014
|
Nil
|
|
2015
|
Nil
|
|
2016
|
Nil
|
|
2017
|
Nil
|
|
2018
|
Nil
|
|
2019
|
Nil
|
|
2020
|
Nil
|
|
2021
|
Nil
|
|
2022
|
€244.00
|
|
To date in 2023
|
Nil
|
State Laboratory and Office of the Regulator of the National Lottery
Both the State Laboratory and the Office of the Regulator of the National Lottery have advised that there was no advertising budget allocated or spent in the last ten years or to date in 2023.
