Written answers
Tuesday, 11 December 2007
Department of Finance
Departmental Expenditure
9:00 pm
Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance 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. [33524/07]
Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The cost of newspapers purchased by my Department in 2006 was €77,050 and to date in 2007 was €76,907. The table sets out the number of each paper purchased on a daily and weekly basis for Departmental staff and papers supplied to my offices in Dublin and Tullamore and to the Minister of State's office.
Daily and Weekly Newspapers supplied for Departmental Officials | No. of Copies |
Irish Independent | 30 |
Irish Times | 84 |
Irish Examiner | 9 |
Wall Street Journal | 2 |
Financial Times | 41 |
Evening Herald | 7 |
The Guardian | 1 |
Mirror | 1 |
Star | 1 |
Irish Daily Mail | 2 |
The Sun | 1 |
Lá | 1 |
Herald Tribune | 1 |
London Independent | 1 |
Daily Telegraph | 1 |
London Times | 1 |
Farmers' Journal | 3 |
Irish News | 1 |
Sunday Papers | |
Sunday Independent | 4 |
Sunday Business Post | 5 |
Sunday Tribune | 4 |
Sunday World | 2 |
Sunday Star | 1 |
Sunday Telegraph | 1 |
Sunday Times | 2 |
Sunday Observer | 1 |
Daily and weekly newspapers provided to Tánaiste's offices | No. of copies |
Irish Independent | 2 |
Irish Times | 2 |
Irish Examiner | 2 |
Sunday Independent | 1 |
Sunday Tribune | 1 |
Sunday Business Post | 1 |
Sunday Times | 1 |
Tullamore Tribune | 2 |
Offaly Express | 2 |
Offaly Weekly | 2 |
Papers provided for the Minister of State's Office to June 2007* | No. of copies |
Irish Independent | 1 |
Irish Times | 1 |
Irish Examiner | 1 |
Irish Examiner | 1 |
Evening Herald | 1 |
*From this date newspapers supplied to the Minister of State were provided by the Office of Public Works. |
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