Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 788: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs 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. [1979/08]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy is aware, my Department was established in June 2002.

In carrying out its functions, the Press and Information Office in the Department employ a media monitoring/press cuttings service to monitor the national and regional media (English language and Irish language) noting both direct and more general coverage of matters relevant to the work of the Department.

In this context, the Deputy should note that, in 2003, the Department changed to a web-based electronic clipping service for the regional press and in 2006, coverage was extended to include national and regional papers as well as periodicals.

The costs of the media monitoring/press cutting service for each of the years 2002 to 2007 is outlined in the following table: