Written answers

Tuesday, 15 January 2019

Department of Health

Departmental Expenditure

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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652. To ask the Minister for Health the budget and spend in his Department for marketing, media and social media in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the projected spend for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54466/18]

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Department of Health interprets marketing and media costs as advertising costs. Advertising includes advertising board vacancies and public consultations. Social Media costs in 2018 were incurred in the promotion of Mental Health Services and the Health and Wellbeing Programme.

Advertising costs for 2016, 2017 and 2018 are set out as follows:

ATTOCRIN2016 Advertising / marketing / PR€10,394.47

Social Media-

2017Advertising / marketing / PR€22,302.29

Social Media-

2018Advertising / marketing / PR€37,526.92

Social Media €70,761.34

Healthy Ireland€319,694.66

We do not have figures for projected spend for 2019 at this stage.

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