Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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365. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding allocated by his Department on the Covid-19 communications strategy since the beginning of the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4759/21]

Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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366. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding spent by his Department on the Covid-19 communications strategy since the beginning of the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4770/21]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 365 and 366 together.

In 2020, my Department spent €192,907 on public information material as part of the Government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This related to the printing and translation, including into braille and sign language, of an information brochure on the Community Call initiative which was delivered to every home, and the design of the COVID-19 Guide for the Bereaved.

This funding was met from the Department Vote in 2020. No additional allocation has been made for 2021.