Written answers

Thursday, 17 June 2021

Department of Justice and Equality

Departmental Expenditure

Photo of Alan KellyAlan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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391. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount her Department and associated agencies have spent on social media advertising since the beginning of January 2021 until 12 June 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32617/21]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has spent €12,566.66 on social media advertising since the beginning of January 2021 until 12 June 2021. This was exclusively for boosting social media posts in relation to the 'No Excuses' awareness campaign on sexual harassment and sexual violence.

Two of the agencies under the aegis of my Department have incurred costs for social media advertising in the timeframe outlined, as set out in the table below.

Agency Cost
Policing Authority €1,191.85
An Garda Síochána €2,599.00

Photo of Alan KellyAlan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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392. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount her Department has spent on social media content production since the beginning of January 2021 until 12 June 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32634/21]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I wish to advise the Deputy, that my Department has had no spend on social media content production since the beginning of January 2021 until 12 June 2021.

All content for social media is produced in-house with the exception of media campaigns such as the Still Here and No Excuses campaigns, for which there were no social media content production costs for the period in question.

Photo of Alan KellyAlan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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393. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount her Department and all associated agencies have spent on public relations consultancy costs since January 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32651/21]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has had no public relations consultancy costs since January 2021.

Four of the agencies under the aegis of my Department have incurred costs for public relations consultancy services in the timeframe outlined, as set out in tabular form below.

Agency Cost (€)
An Garda Síochána 79,008.82
Data Protection Commission 5,909.38
Irish Prison Service 541.00
Legal Services Regulatory Authority 1,250.00

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