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Departmental Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 21 January 2026

Wednesday, 21 January 2026

Questions (42)

Malcolm Byrne

Malcolm Byrne

Malcolm Byrne

Question:

42. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Defence the total sums spent for each year from 2016 to 2025, inclusive of advertising, by her Department on social media or online platforms, including identifying separately payments to influencers on such platforms; and to set out the annual totals for that period to each specific platform, including but not limited to major platforms (details supplied). [4850/26]

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Written answers

Helen McEntee

Minister for Defence

The following table sets out the sums spent on advertising on social media and online platforms by my Department for each year from 2016 to 2025.

Year

Twitter/X

Facebook

Instagram

TikTok

YouTube

Public Appointments Service

Society of Chartered

Surveyors Ireland

Irish Association of Social Workers

2016

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2017

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2018

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2019

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2020

-

-

-

-

-

€3,446.28

-

-

2021

€9,816.56

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2022

€26,733.20

-

-

-

-

-

€300

-

2023

€7,861.95

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2024

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

€275

2025

-

-

€14,651.98

€4,012.47

-

-

-

-

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