Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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1027. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development 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. [54470/18]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The details requested by the Deputy are set out in the table below. As my Department was established on 19th July 2017, the information provided commences on that date and includes the remainder of 2017 and total expenditure in 2018.

In terms of projected spend in 2019, my Department is preparing a communications strategy which will govern our internal and external communications priorities for next year. Any decisions in relation to spending on media and other communication channels will be met within existing allocations.