Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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529. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent by his Department on public relations advice and media advice since January 2020 to date in 2021; and the companies engaged for this advice in tabular form. [22269/21]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department has not incurred any expenditure on public relations advice and media advice between January 2020 and to date in 2021.

Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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530. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent by his Department on advertising and public messaging in print, broadcast and online since January 2020 to date in 2021; and the companies engaged to assist with placing the advertisements and the companies advertised with in tabular form. [22287/21]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department has spent the amounts outlined in the table below on advertising and public messaging in print, broadcast and online since January 2020 to date in 2021in tabular form. Also the companies engaged to assist with placing the advertisements and the companies advertised with.

The media company Spark Foundry was engaged to place the radio advertisements with national and local radio stations. My Department engaged directly with the Irish Independent and Twitter.