COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE/FIRHOUSE/BOHERNABREENA AREA COMMITTEE
Tuesday, June 09, 2020
QUESTION NO. 6
QUESTION: Councillor B. Lawlor
To ask the Chief Executive to give detail on how we are advertising the re-start grant to local businesses?
REPLY:
At a National level there are promotion campaigns taking place by DBEI and Government as part of their wider business supports campaigns.
The LGMA are participating on a LEO the ‘lunch and learn’ on-line sessions and will feature on next Wednesday 3rd June session. Title is ‘Restart with supports from your Local Authority’ It will feature the Chair of the CCMA, Michael Walsh, Chief Executive of Waterford City and County Council and will include a showing of the ‘explainer video’ .
The Restart Grant is being promoting locally through the South Dublin County Council (SDCC) website and social media. It has its own news article on the website but is also listed on our COVID-19 section under the Business and the Economy tab (https://www.sdcc.ie/en/covid-19-information/business-economy/). Postings on social media,( Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn ) have so far been seen over 10,000 times. (28.05.2020) and It is part of SDCC’s rotation of scheduled social media posts for continued promotion.
Restart has also been featured on the LEO e-zine and Social Media and has also shared been with South Dublin Chamber.