Written answers
Wednesday, 1 February 2023
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Departmental Advertising
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent by his Department on online advertising in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023, in tabular form; if he will provide details in relation to this spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4862/23]
Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The following table outlines the Department of Transport’s expenditure on online advertising from 2013 to date.
| Year | Amount | Description of Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | €20,000 | Social media promotional campaign to support Shared Island EV Sports Club Scheme |
| 2022 | €38,466 | Social media promotional campaigns to support awareness/information campaigns; online advertising packages to support communications around safe manning of shipping vessels and fleet transport. |
| 2021 | 0 | |
| 2020 | €17,182 | Business Supplement & Irishtimes.com |
| 2019 | 0 | |
| 2018 | €1,340.70 | Economist Website – Chair to Board of daa plc |
| 2017 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 0 | |
| 2014 | €1,230 | Noticeboard Rotational Website Advert |
| 2013 | 0 |
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to any instances where the public relations unit and or press office of his Department undertook to create social media accounts under false names, which were operated in order to further the messaging or communications of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4880/23]
Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The Department of Transport is not aware of any social media accounts operating under false names on its behalf.
The Department has official accounts on the following social media platforms: LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube. In addition, under Zero Emission Vehicles Ireland, a new office within the Department of Transport, it operates separate channels on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
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