Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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244. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform 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. [32618/21]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that neither my Department nor the Office of Government Procurement, which is also part of my Department, have incurred any costs associated with social media advertising in the period specified.

This is also the position for the bodies under the aegis of my Department, with the exception of the Office of Public Works (OPW) and the Public Appointments Service (PAS), the details of which are set out in the table below.

* 81 recruitment advertisements from 01/01/2021 to 12/06/2021

Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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245. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform 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. [32635/21]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department incurred social media content production costs of €593.00 in the specified period. The purpose of this spend was for the continuation of a public awareness video recording on a social media platform, which advised of the extension of the deadline for submissions to the public consultation phase of the National Development Plan Review.

Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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246. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform 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. [32652/21]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that neither my Department nor the Office of Government Procurement, which is also part of my Department, have incurred any costs associated with public relations consultancy in the period specified.

This is also the position for the bodies under the aegis of my Department, with the exception of the Public Appointments Service (PAS) and the Office of the National Lottery Regulator, the details of which are set out in the table below.

I have been informed that the Office of Public Works (OPW) will respond directly to the Deputy in the coming days.