Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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949. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development 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. [4761/21]

Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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950. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development 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. [4772/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 949 and 950 together.

The table below provides details on the amount spent by my Department on Covid-19 related communications since the beginning of the pandemic.

There has been no specific funding profiled or allocated within my Department for a Covid-19 Communications Strategy. However, my Department has contributed to the overall Government Covid-19 Communications Strategy since the beginning of the pandemic.

I have also assigned resources within my own Department to develop content, guidelines, and supports for communities as well as to arrange for information dissemination through our large networks of community and voluntary contacts. This has ensured that Government messaging and information relating to Covid-19 has been channeled directly to communities.