Written answers
Tuesday, 19 June 2018
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Departmental Expenditure
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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492. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount paid per project to a company (details supplied) since 1 January 2016 to date by year, amount and project name; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26397/18]
Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following table:
| Year | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | This is for advertising in Irish Times, Irish Independent andIrish Daily Mail for Gallantry Awards in 2016. Nominations were invited in respect of the National Marine Gallantry and Meritorious Service Awards 2016. The purpose of this awards scheme is to recognise outstanding acts of courage, heroism, skill and initiative in the context of marine emergency incidents. The scheme also recognises exceptional dedication to duty in the execution of Ireland’s marine emergency response. | €5,767.11 |
| 2017 | This is for the advertising of the opening for applications of the 2017 Sports Capital Programme in The Irish Examiner, Irish Examiner, the Star, Irish Times, Irish Independent, Irish Mirror, Irish Daily Mail, Irish Sun and Seachtain. | €7,285.37 |
| 2017 | The Climate Change Unit of the Department engaged the services of Mediavest on three occasions in 2017. On all three occasions, the company was engaged by them to place a statutory notice in a national newspaper, the Irish Times, required to fulfil obligations in relation to various policy documents. The company was paid a collective fee of €2,839.62 in relation to the placing and design of the statutory notice regarding policy document, entitled, National Policy Framework on Alternative Fuels Infrastructure for Transport in Ireland, 2017 to 2030 and was paid €1,476.60 in relation to the placing and design of the statutory notice regarding policy document on adaptation policy, entitled, Adaptation Planning-Developing Resilience to Climate Change in the Irish Transport Sector. | €4,316.22 |
| 2017 | Medivest was paid €2,385.29 for placing an advertisement in the Irish Times regarding the Plan for the Dublin to Galway Greenway in December 2016. They were also paid €2,498.87 for an advertisement placed in the Irish Times to announce the Public Consultation on the Greenways Strategy that took place in June 2017 | €4,884.16 |
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