Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 562: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount spent by his Department on media monitoring or press cutting services for each of the years 2002 to 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1990/08]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The amount spent by my Department in this area comprises both an internally sourced press cutting service and additional specialist media monitoring services that are required from time to time.

The following table shows the costs incurred on these services in the period 2002 to 2007.

The press cutting service is provided by one officer assigned on a part time basis to this task who is assisted by two others on a part time rota basis. Media monitoring services relate to the daily review of media sources and the occasional purchase of transcripts.