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Departmental Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 January 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026

Questions (425)

Gary Gannon

Question:

425. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide a breakdown of expenditure by his Department and bodies, agencies or organisations under his remit on paid verification services on a platform (details supplied) or any other verified account products, for each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of verified accounts held under each category; the annual cost per account; the total annual cost incurred; the procurement basis under which these services were purchased, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5624/26]

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My Department has set out the total amount spent in paid verification of its account on X. This grey verification checkmark denotes a government entity, safeguards the account and reassures platform users of account authenticity.

2023

2024

2025

2026

€103.32

€103.32

€103.32

0

Social media platform verification by the agencies under my department’s remit is an operational matter for those bodies, and I do not have any direct function in these matters.

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