Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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1738. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a breakdown of all moneys expended by his Department in promoting and launching the action plan for rural development; the costs associated with advertising, design work, photography, event staging and venue hire; the cost of creating the website and maintenance costs for the year, in tabular form; the budget allocated in his Department’s budget for promotional activities in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38302/17]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The Action Plan for Rural Development was launched in Ballymahon, Co. Longford, in January 2017.  The costs associated with the launch and promotion of the Action Plan as requested by the Deputy over the year to date is set out in the table below.

My officials are currently in the process of finalising the Vote for my new Department with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, and budget lines for specific activities will be agreed in that context.  At this stage, however, I do not envisage that significant additional costs associated with the promotion of the Action Plan for Rural Development will be incurred over the remainder of the year.