Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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558. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money his Department spent on purchasing copies of the Public Sector Times magazine in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15424/16]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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​The Public Sector Times is a complimentary magazine and therefore there is no cost to the Department.

Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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559. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money spent on daily newspapers in 2015; if this is an appropriate expenditure given the available and far cheaper online alternatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15440/16]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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​In 2015 the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport spent €13,234 on daily newspapers. Daily newspapers are only supplied to Ministers, Minister's Advisors, the Press office and the Department's Press Cutting service which distributes articles relating to the Department on the internal website. The expenditure is in my view appropriate to ensure effective monitoring of the print media.