Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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244. To ask the Minister for Finance the Government's initiatives in his Department in 2017 that promoted State services or welfare payments, public awareness on regulatory changes and public consultations that involved advertising and promotion on television, radio, newspapers and online, in tabular form; and the level of expenditure for each such initiative. [2262/18]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I can inform the Deputy that there were a number of Government initiatives in my Department in 2017 for the promotion of State services, welfare payments, public awareness on regulatory changes and public consultations that involved advertising or promotion on television, radio, newspapers or online. Details of expenditure to publicise these initiatives are outlined below:

Gordon MRM: Announcement relating to AIB IPO Retail Offering Information. My Department procured the services of this company, but the costs are fully recoupable from AIB. The costs concerned totalled €91,202.04, but there is no net cost to my Department.

Language Communications : Public awareness campaign to promote customer switching. My Department procured the services of this company, but the costs are fully recoupable from AIB and PTSB in the context of their restructuring plans. The costs concerned in 2017 totalled €717,746, but there is no net cost to my Department.

My Department has also advertised directly on a number of occasions, and I have also included a breakdown of those costs below:

Independent Newspapers Marketing Ltd; Irish Examiner; The Irish Times Ltd : Information notice re: Beneficial Ownership. Cost: €2,407.73.

Tuairisc Bheo Teoranta: Information notice re: consultation on Irish language scheme onwww.tuairisc.ie. Cost: €982.77.

Independent Newspapers Marketing Ltd: Information notice re: consultation on Irish language scheme in Seachtain Irish language supplement. Costs: €1,239.84.