Successful candidates in the 2020 Dáil General Election across Cavan-Monaghan spent up to €21,000 on their campaigns.
Figures revealed in SIPO'S Election Report show that election posters made up the bulk of this spend, with some successful candidates spending more than €10,000 on them.
Fianna Fáil TD Brendan Smith spent the most on his campaign locally, at €21,605.
This included close to €10,500 on election posters, and around €4,300 on advertising in newspapers and on Facebook.
He assigned a spending limit of €18,080 to the Fianna Fáil party.
Fellow Fianna Fáil TD Niamh Smyth spent close to €18,200 on her campaign, including €2,338 euro that was met out of public funds.
Deputy Smyth assigned the same spending limit as her party colleague to Fianna Fáil, and spent €463 on cable ties for election posters and close to €300 on landlines and mobiles.
Elsewhere, Fine Gael Minister Heather Humphrey's spent just under €16,000 on her campaign, including €5,715 on election posters and €934 on transport and travel.
Minister Humphreys assigned a spending limit of more than €26,000 to Fine Gael.
Meanwhile, Sinn Féin's Matt Carthy assigned a spending limit of €10,000 to his party.
His election spend came to over €19,000, including more than €10,000 on election posters and €810 on Facebook advertising.
His party colleague, Pauline Tully, assigned spending of €15,000 to her party.
Deputy Tully's campaign spend was just under €17,000.
This included more than €11,000 on election posters and €2,663 on election advertising.]
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Full Breakdown of spending:
MATT CARTHY SINN FÉIN - EXPENSES NOT OUT OF PUBLIC FUNDS
ADVERISITING: 4820.68 (Facebook: 810)
ELECTION POSTERS: 10,332
OTHER ELECTION MATERIAL: 3,951.63
TOTAL: 19,104.31
NIAMH SMYTH FIANNA FÁIL - EXPENSES NOT OUT OF PUBLIC FUNDS
ADVERTISING: 1,575.11 (Facebook: 404.15)
ELECTION POSTERS: 8,084.81
OFFICE AND STATIONARY: 4,066.66
TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL: 2,116.86
TOTAL: 15,843.44
EXPENSES MET OUT OF PUBLIC FUNDS:
OTHER ELECTION MATERIAL: 2,028.25
OFFICE AND STATIONAIRY: 310
TOTAL OUT OF PUBIC FUNDS: 2,338.25
BRENDAN SMITH FIANNA FAÍL - EXPENSES NOT MET OUT OF PUBLIC FUNDS
ADVERTISING: 4,284.74 (Facebook: 702)
ELECTION POSTERS: 10,491.93
OTHER ELECTION MATERIAL: 5,910.25
OFFICE AND STATIONARY: 918.40
TOTAL: 21,605.32
PAULINE TULLY SINN FÉIN - EXPENSES NOT MET OUT OF PUBLIC FUNDS
ADVERTISING: 2,663.87
ELECTION POSTERS: 11,042.94
OTHER ELECTION MATERIAL: 3,240.62
TOTAL: 16,947.43
HEATHER HUMPHREYS FINE GAEL - EXPENSES NOT MET OUT OF PUBLIC FUNDS
ADVERTISING: 3,312.80 (Facebook: 781.05)
PUBLICITY: 550
ELECTION POSTERS: 5,715.38
OTHER ELECTION MATERIAL: 5,348.28
OFFICE AND STATIONARY: 133
TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL: 934.50
TOTAL: 15,993.96]
