Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 303: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department makes the Irish national daily newspapers available on-line for staff within his Department; the number of staff at each grade who each day receive a copy of one Irish daily newspaper which is also available on-line; the number of staff who each day receive a copy of more than one newspaper which is also available on-line; the cost in 2005 of purchases of each printed daily newspaper in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16442/06]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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In my Department, the number and grade of staff who each day receive a copy of one daily Irish newspaper is as shown.

The number and grade of staff in my Department who each day receive a copy of more than one daily Irish newspaper is as shown.

In 2005, the cost of providing the above service for the staff involved was €19,795.50.

My Department has a limited subscription to the Irish Times on-line service, which is available to our Press Office staff. In addition, my Department has an outsourced press cutting service which extracts relevant daily newspaper articles and makes them available to all staff via the Department's Intranet system.