Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I missed the Cork Film Festival this year, for the first time in a long time, so busy was I. in terms of the Government message at the end of the advertisements, depending on the quality of the advertisements, some people like watching them while others are impatient to get on with the film. I recall that some years back I went to see the premiere of "Michael Collins" in the Capitol cinema in Cork and a rather innovative PR adviser to the Fianna Fáil Party at the time decided to put advertisements about getting tough with the drug lords, and lo and behold, at the end of the advertisement, it was announced to the full audience that the advertisement was brought to them by Fianna Fáil. There was a collective groan from the audience, which was waiting for the premiere of "Michael Collins". Deputy Barry brought that memory back to me. Covid proves him wrong. The vaccination level was 96%. The advertisements were brought to the people by the Government of Ireland and people responded to the public health message. In fairness, they were brought in a very non-political way. It is important that that is the case.

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