979. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the amount expended on advertising and promotion in his Department, and within each agency for which he is responsible, for 2022 to 2024, by year and budgeted for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75212/25]
Topics / Departmental Advertising
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDepartmental Advertising
120 questions from 19 TDs, between 11 February 2025 and 20 October 2026.
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1175. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth 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. [75211/25]
1317. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the amount expended on advertising and promotion in his Department, and within each agency for which he is responsible, for 2022 to 2024, by year and budgeted for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75209/25]
1421. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount expended on advertising and promotion in his Department, and within each agency for which he is responsible, for 2022 to 2024, by year and budgeted for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75217/25]
1556. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount expended on advertising and promotion in his Department, and within each agency for which he is responsible, for 2022 to 2024, by year and budgeted for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75221/25]
1698. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount expended on advertising and promotion in his Department, and within each agency for which he is responsible, for 2022 to 2024, by year and budgeted for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75218/25]
1820. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount expended on advertising and promotion in his Department, and within each agency for which he is responsible, for 2022 to 2024, by year and budgeted for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75206/25]
1966. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality 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. [75207/25]
2335. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health 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. [75216/25]
2596. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount expended on advertising and promotion in his Department, and within each agency for which he is responsible, for 2022 to 2024, by year and budgeted for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75215/25]
2647. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount expended on advertising and promotion in his Department, and within each agency for which he is responsible, for 2022 to 2024, by year and budgeted for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75220/25]
572. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to a video advising adults how to move back in with parents, if a video will be done advising adults who no longer have parents alive, on the way in which they should approach notices to quit and unaffordable rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71778/25]
573. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to a video advising adults how to move back in with parents, if a video will be done on advising adults who cannot return to the family home for reasons of domestic violence, on the way in which they should approach notices to quit and unaffordable rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71779/25]
1192. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount his Department spent on advertisement on a social media platform (details supplied) in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72398/25]
703. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total cost of all advertising and promotional activity his Department and all bodies under his aegis had in each of the years 2024 and up to 1 December 2025, in chronological order. [70138/25]
684. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department is considering proposals to carry out a media campaign on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66134/25]
506. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of the range of countries in which his Department are currently running a public relations campaign to attract Irish tradespeople to return home; the incentives which will be in place for these persons if they return home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62414/25]
491. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount spent in the past five years on advertising campaigns to encourage Irish emigrants to return home, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60729/25]
2158. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total amount expended to date on the advertising campaign described in the media as costing nearly €450,000 to entice Irish construction workers abroad to return home, including a breakdown of expenditure by market (United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom); the number of wor…
2159. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science having regard to reports that nearly €450,000 was spent on a campaign to attract Irish construction workers home from abroad, the number of those workers that have actually taken up employment in Ireland as a result of the campaign; the criteria being used by his Department to measure the campaign’s success …
2160. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if an assessment was undertaken of the opportunity cost of spending nearly €450,000 on advertising to attract emigrant workers, rather than on upskilling or retention initiatives for those already working in Ireland; if a cost-benefit or return-on-investment analysis was completed before the campaign’s launc…
225. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his expenditure on advertising, with details of the objective, duration, social media platforms, reach, audience, CTR and cost of Reserve Defence Forces Recruitment Campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54680/25]
246. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Transport his expenditure on advertising, with details of the objective, duration, social media platforms, reach, audience, CTR and cost of each social media advertising campaign, in 2023 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54672/25]
539. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport his expenditure on advertising, with details of the objective, duration, social media platforms, reach, audience, CTR and cost of each social media advertising campaign, in 2023 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54675/25]
681. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his expenditure on advertising, with details of the objective, duration, social media platforms, reach, audience, CTR and cost of each social media advertising campaign, in 2023 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54674/25]