Written answers
Wednesday, 12 November 2025
Department of Finance
Departmental Communications
Thomas Gould (Cork North-Central, Sinn Fein)
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385. To ask the Minister for Finance for a breakdown of all spending on external communications and media, by company, including the amount spent and purpose of spend, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [61212/25]
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the amount spent by my Department on external communications and media in the past five years to date is set out in tabular form below.
| Year | Supplier | Description | Amount (incl. VAT) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | John O’Regan | Guest speaker – away day | €2,000.00 |
| 2025 | Creative Technology | National Economic Dialogue – Livestreaming (equipment rental) | €17,628.36 |
| 2025 | Creative Technology | National Economic Dialogue (NED 2025 Booth Tech) | €2,952.00 |
| 2025 | Envato | Media library subscription | €214.02 |
| 2025 | RuePoint | Media monitoring | €8,044.20 |
| 2025 | MediaHQ | Press release distribution | €10,049.10 |
| **2024 | Public Appointments Service | Appointments to the Board of the National Treasury Management Agency | €7,380.00 |
| 2024 | Outset | Guest Speaker – GEN event | €4,920 |
| 2024 | CT Ireland | AV Technician – SMG away day | €811.80 |
| 2024 | The Communications Clinic | Communications training for Senior Management | €1,500.00 |
| 2024 | Creative Technology | National Economic Dialogue – Livestreaming | €22,684.00 |
| 2024 | Envato | Media library subscription | €214.02 |
| 2024 | RuePoint | Media monitoring | €8,044.20 |
| 2024 | MediaHQ | Press release distribution | €9,193.25 |
| 2023 | Roffey Park | Guest Speaker – away day | €1,506.75 |
| 2023 | G. Harford Consulting | Guest Speaker – away day | €1506.75 |
| 2023 | Carr Communications | Communications training for Senior Management | €1,350.00 |
| 2023 | Creative Technology | National Economic Dialogue - Livestreaming | €13,031.85 |
| 2023 | RuePoint | Media monitoring | €8,044.20 |
| 2023 | MediaHQ | Press release distribution | €8,339.40 |
| *2022 | Language Communications | Website hosting for Switchyourbank.ie | €2,109.45 |
| **2022 | Public Appointments Service | Appointments to the Board of the National Treasury Management Agency | €6,273.00 |
| 2022 | Public Appointments Service | Payment for ad in Irish Times to appoint Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman | €3,049.54 |
| 2022 | Carr Communications | Communications training for Senior Management | €1,900.00 |
| 2022 | CT Ireland | AV Technician – edit and record | €1,894.20 |
| 2022 | CT Ireland | AV Technician | €811.80 |
| 2022 | RuePoint | Media monitoring | €8,044.20 |
| 2022 | MediaHQ | Press release distribution | €7,852.95 |
| ***2022 | Commission on Taxation | Advertising | €23,102.09 |
| 2021 | Carr Communications | Communications training for Senior Management | €950.00 |
| 2021 | Mediavest Ltd | Advertising: Vacancy for Appeals Commissioner in the Tax Appeals Commission | €922.50 |
| 2021 | The Honorable Society of King's Inns | Advertising: Vacancy for Appeals Commissioner in the Tax Appeals Commission | €430.50 |
| *2021 | Language Communications | Website hosting for Switchyourbank.ie | €3,018.95 |
| 2021 | Kantar (RuePoint) | Media monitoring | €8,169.05 |
| 2021 | MediaHQ | Press release distribution | €6,134.70 |
| ***2021 | Commission on Taxation | Advertising | €28,858.93 |
** The amount was recouped from the NTMA.
*** This relates to online advertising spend and it may include some traditional forms of advertising.
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