Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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656. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding allocated by her Department on the Covid-19 communications strategy since the beginning of the pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4760/21]

Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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657. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding spent by her Department on the Covid-19 communications strategy since the beginning of the pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4771/21]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 656 and 657 together.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic my Department has been working closely with all government departments to support the national Covid-19 effort.

At all times my Department has contributed to, and participated in, the large scale cross-Government communications programme which has been running since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. This has involved supporting and amplifying Government and public health messaging through both our internal and external communications channels.

Since the onset of the pandemic, my Department has had concerns about the potential for increased domestic abuse as a result of COVID-19 restrictions. Sadly these concerns were well founded as can be seen in recent figures released by An Garda Síochána and frontline domestic abuse groups.

To tackle the scourge of domestic abuse, and support the wider COVID-19 response, my Department has been running a successful communications campaign called Still Here, which aims to reassure victims of domestic abuse that support services from State agencies and the voluntary sector are still available and accessible during the Covid-19 pandemic, regardless of what level of restrictions that are in place.

To date the Department has spent €401,952.56 on the Still Here campaign.

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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658. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide all the minutes of meetings of the high-level task force on Covid-19 vaccination to date. [3313/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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My Department is collating the information requested and it will be forwarded to the Deputy directly.