Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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181. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent by his Department on online advertising in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023, in tabular form; if he will provide details in relation to this spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4856/23]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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It has not been possible to collate the information requested in the time allowed. I will write to the Deputy directly when the information is to hand. 

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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182. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to any instances where the public relations unit and or press office of his Department undertook to create social media accounts under false names, which were operated in order to further the messaging or communications of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4874/23]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I can inform the Deputy that the communications and engagement teams of my Department, including the press office, have never created social media accounts under false names to further the messaging or communications of my Department.