Written answers

Tuesday, 30 September 2014

Department of Children and Youth Affairs

Referendum Expenditure

Photo of Mattie McGrathMattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent)
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326. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 186 of 7 November 2012 if he will provide a further breakdown of the costs associated with the children's referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36923/14]

Photo of James ReillyJames Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The provision of €3 million in the Vote of the Department of Children and Youth Affairs for 2012 relating to the holding of a Constitutional Referendum on Children's Rights was utilised as follows:

€1.9 million was allocated to the Referendum Commission for the performance of its statutory functions. The details of the use of that allocation were set out in its post referendum report published by the Commission in May 2013. There was an unspent balance of €193,477.72 which was refunded to my Department in 2013 and surrendered to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform as an Extra Exchequer Receipt.

The balance of €1.1 million was available to fund my Department's public information activities. The breakdown of that expenditure is as follows:

Area of ExpenditureCost
Development and maintenance of the website11,040.11
Design and printing of the information booklet235,759.37
Delivery of information booklets225,027.01
Behaviour & Attitudes research103,011.98
MKC Communications consultants32,349.65
Broadcast media production & advertising (KD Nine)164,725.29
Print media advertising (Brindley Advertising)247,515.95
Dr Geoffrey Shannon (advice on adoption)8,237.19
Press Office costs (e.g. transcripts)7,410.67
Sundries1,056.88
Total Expenditure 1,036,134.10

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