Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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521. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has carried out advertising campaigns to promote policies or programmes being implemented by his Department; the campaign or relevant programme; the cost of advertising in publications, broadcast advertising, outdoor advertising and other consultancy or production costs for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48306/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The vast bulk of my Department's advertising is in respect of press notices in the specialised farming press, provincial and national newspapers. This includes the publication of Statutory Notices that are required to comply with various national and EU legislative requirements. Decisions on the placement of notices are made on a case by case basis, depending on the nature of the advertisement and the target audience.

Mediavest currently holds the central Government contract for the provision of the majority of advertising needs. Advertising campaigns related to forestry, fisheries, aquaculture license applications, various Department schemes and services, and animal health and welfare.

Due to the volume of individual adverts, it is not possible to list all instances of advertising. The following table sets out the main campaigns and the total advertising expenditure for the five years, as requested.

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018 to date