33. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total amount her Department and Departmental agencies have spent in 2025 and to date in 2026 on social media and web advertising; the proportion this is of her Department's advertising budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60915/26]
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173. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will provide a breakdown of spending on advertising that was funded or overseen by her Department, and bodies under its aegis, in each of the past five years, including a breakdown by medium, that is, radio, television and social media, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36490/26]
220. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will address the concerns in relation to the St. Brigid’s day advertisement raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11367/26]
260. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the process by which the Saint Brigid’s Day 2026 advertising and digital media campaign was commissioned by her Department; the officials or units involved in its commissioning and approval; the date on which final approval was given; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9996/26]
261. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the policy objectives underpinning the portrayal of Saint Brigid in the Department’s Saint Brigid’s Day 2026 advertising and digital media campaign; the guidance or criteria applied when determining how religious or cultural figures are represented in State-funded campaigns; and if she will provide the documentation or policy framework governing…
262. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the oversight mechanisms, safeguards, or review processes that are in place within her Department to ensure that religious figures associated with Irish heritage are not used in a manner that could reasonably be regarded as ideologically partisan or disrespectful to their historical and religious context in State-funded promotional material. [99…
263. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department has received complaints or representations from members of the public regarding the Saint Brigid’s Day 2026 advertising or digital media campaign; the number and general nature of such complaints to date; and the steps, if any, are being taken to review, amend, or withdraw material that has caused offence. [9999/26]
264. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether she considers it appropriate for the Department to use religious figures in State-funded campaigns without explicit reference to their religious identity; and whether she intends to review departmental practice in this area in light of public concern. [10000/26]
215. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount her Department, or agencies under its remit, spent on advertising on a social media platform (details supplied) in each of the years 2024 and 2025 respectively; to outline any expenditure on verification or premium accounts on the platform in those years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3103/26]
254. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount expended on advertising and promotion in her Department, and within each agency for which she is responsible, for 2022 to 2024, by year and budgeted for 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75214/25]
200. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his Department's expenditure on advertising, detailing the objective, duration, media platforms, advertising agency or agencies, and cost of each individual advertising campaign in 2019. [39368/25]
187. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his expenditure on advertising, detailing the objective, duration, media platforms, advertising agency or agencies, and cost of each advertising campaign, in each of the years 2015 to 2025. [37032/25]