Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)

I thank the Minister for his response. On the information campaign, this morning I received in my Oireachtas pigeonhole a copy of the information booklet that is being circulated. What are the modalities of the distribution and will it be distributed by An Post? I am concerned that we get clarification and that we do not have a similar situation to that which pertained when we had the household charge information campaign. In other words, if we go through An Post, which is the premier door to door distributor of such material, can we be guaranteed that every house will get the booklet? There appears to be an information deficit with regard to the changeover. I acknowledge it is difficult to try to communicate a deadline in the future, as it is not an issue that is uppermost in people's minds. I am anxious that the booklet is distributed through An Post, because that provides a guarantee, in so far as An Post can guarantee, that it will be delivered to every household.

Another aspect of the information campaign is newspaper advertising. Will the information campaign use local and regional newspapers rather than national newspapers, because many people do not read the national papers as assiduously as the local and regional papers?

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