Departmental Expenditure

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Tuesday, 8 July 2025

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Conor D McGuinness

Question:

933. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht his Department's expenditure on media consultancy in each of the years 2015 to 2025; the consultancy firms involved; and the nature of each contract, in tabular form. [37073/25]

Written answers

Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht

My Department was established in 2017. The information requested by the Deputy is in the table below.

Year	Name of Consultancy firm	Nature of Contract	Amount including VAT
2019	The Reputations Agency	Marketing/Branding for the Big Hello/National Community Weekend 2019	€62,249
2020	DHR Communications	Awareness Strategy for social enterprise in Ireland and workshop	€14,559
2022	Alice PR	PPN communications & public awareness	€60,453
2023	Alice PR	PPN communications & public awareness	€85,000
2024	Match Marketing DHR Communications	LCDC Programme of Awareness   Philanthropy Communications and Awareness Raising Strategy	€43,957   €19,803

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