The table below details expenditure by my Department on advertising from 2013 to the 30th June 2023. Since 2020, under the estimates processes, a specific allocation had been provided to the Department of the Taoiseach for COVID-19 Public Communications.
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Total Advertising expenditure
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RTE Advertising expenditure
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2013
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€68,128
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Nil
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2014
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€6,192
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Nil
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2015
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€53,666
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Nil
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2016
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€21,815
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Nil
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2017
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€40,616
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Nil
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2018
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€1,895,673
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€86,486
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2019
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€33,659
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Nil
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2020
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€17,045,754
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€2,185,958
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2021
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€11,573,834
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€1,376,870
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2022
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€1,784,925.93
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€85,160
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30 June 2023
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€4,808.23
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Nil
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The Department does not provide any funding to RTE from its Vote.
In regard to RTE advertising, our media purchasing partner have confirmed that they have never used barter for any government business.
The National Economic and Social Development Office, under the aegis of the Department of the Taoiseach, does not have an advertising budget allocation in any of the past ten years or to date in 2023, and has never provided funding directly to RTE.