Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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230. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount his Department and associated agencies have spent on social media advertising since the beginning of January 2021 until 12 June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32613/21]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I can inform the Deputy that the Department of Finance has no record of spending on social media advertising since the beginning of January 2021 until 12 June 2021.

A number of bodies under the aegis of my Department have incurred expenditure on social media advertising since January 2021, the details are as follows:

The Central Bank of Ireland has paid €66,405 (VAT excl.) since the beginning of January 2021 for recruitment advertisements.

The Credit Review Office has incurred expenditure of €1,875 (VAT excl.) in relation to social media advertising since the start of January 2021.

The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) has incurred expenditure totalling €11,546 (VAT incl.) since January 2021 to date.

Home Building Finance Ireland (HBFI), the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) and the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) are also bodies under my Department’s aegis. As part of a shared services agreement, HBFI, NAMA and the SBCI reimburse the NTMA in respect of recruitment advertising costs attributable to them and any such spend is accounted for in the cost provided above.

In addition the SBCI has spent €100 (VAT excl.) since January 2021 on social media advertising.

Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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231. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount his Department has spent on social media content production since the beginning of January 2021 until 12 June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32630/21]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I can inform the Deputy that the Department of Finance has no record of spending on social media content production from the beginning of January 2021 to 12 June 2021.

Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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232. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount his Department and all associated agencies have spent on public relations consultancy costs since January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32647/21]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I can inform the Deputy that the Department of Finance has no record of spending on public relations consultancy since January 2021 to date.

A number of bodies under the aegis of my Department have incurred expenditure on public relations consultancy since January 2021, the details are as follows:

The National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) has spent €40,000 (VAT excl.) to date since January 2021 on public relations.

The National Treasury Management Agency’s (NTMA) public affairs and communications team incurred costs of €35,200 (VAT excl.) in relation to public relations.

Home Building Finance Ireland (HBFI) and the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) are also bodies under my Department’s aegis. As part of a shared services agreement, HBFI and the SBCI reimburse the NTMA in respect of public relations consultancy costs attributable to them and any such spend is accounted for in the cost provided above.

The Office of the Revenue Commissioners has incurred expenditure of €687 (VAT excl.) in respect of public relations consultancy during the period January 2021 to date.