Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount expended on advertising and promotion in his Department and all agencies under the remit of his Department in 2022 and in January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8696/23]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The total amount expended on advertising and promotion in the Department of Transport is €217,344.42 in 2022 and €29,187.48 in January 2023.

In 2022, the above figures include €115,926.50 spent on the promotion of the public consultation on the draft EV infrastructure strategy and €38,466 for social medial and online campaign concerning the safe manning of shipping vessels and fleet transport.

The Irish Coast Guard spent €50,902.86 on extensive Water Safety promoting and demonstrations (including newspaper ads and supplies) countrywide in 2022.

The Department also paid the Public Appointments Service (PAS) €2,287.16 in connection with advertising competitions in the Irish Times for Marine Surveyor (Ship Surveyor), Marine Surveyor (Engineer & Ship Surveyor), and Marine Surveyor (Nautical Surveyor).

Other expenditure included a notification in Fleet magazine regarding the licensing of Light Commercial Vehicles costing €1,845 and a HR recruitment competition in The Irish Times costing €2,337, plus other publications including the Limerick Leader and the Clare Champion totalling €5,579.90.

The total amount expended in January 2023 is €29,187.48. Of this, €20,000 was for a social media promotional campaign to support the ZEVI EV Sports Club Scheme plus €9,187.48 on Irish Coast Guard promotional events.

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