Written answers
Tuesday, 11 December 2007
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Departmental Expenditure
9:00 pm
Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 945: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number and name of newspapers purchased by his Department daily and weekly; the number provided to himself and to the Minister of State's office; the yearly cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33523/07]
John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The following table sets out the information in relation to the name and number of newspapers purchased daily and weekly in my Department.
| Title | Monday–Friday | Saturday | Sunday | Weekly |
| The Irish Times | 65 | 1 | ||
| The Irish Independent | 15 | 1 | ||
| The Irish Examiner | 8 | 2 | ||
| Evening Herald | 16 | 1 | ||
| Irish Daily Star | 5 | |||
| Cork Evening Echo | 1 | 1 | ||
| Daily Mirror | 1 | |||
| Daily Mail | 3 | |||
| London Independent | 4 | |||
| The Guardian | 3 | |||
| London Times | 2 | |||
| Sun | 1 | |||
| Lá | 1 | |||
| Sunday Independent | 3 | |||
| Sunday Business Post | 3 | |||
| Sunday Tribune | 2 | |||
| Sunday Times | 2 | |||
| Sunday World | 2 | |||
| Mail on Sunday | 2 | |||
| The Observer | 1 | |||
| Independent on Sunday | 1 | |||
| Star on Sunday | 1 | |||
| News of the World | 1 | |||
| The Corkman | 1 | |||
| The Southern Star | 1 | |||
| The Clare People | 1 | |||
| The Clare Champion | 1 | |||
| Foinse | 1 | |||
| Total | 125 | 6 | 18 | 5 |
Five newspapers are provided to my Office each day (Monday-Friday) and 2 papers are provided to my Constituency Office (Monday-Friday).
Six newspapers are provided to Minister of State O'Keeffe's Office each day (Monday-Friday) and 2 weekly newspapers are provided. Four newspapers are provided to Minister of State Killeen's Office each day (Monday-Friday) and 2 weekly newspapers are provided. The annual expenditure for the purchase of newspapers amounts to approximately €46,000.
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