Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills 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. [15414/16]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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My Department did not spend any money purchasing copies of the Public Sector Timesmagazine in 2015.

Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills 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. [15430/16]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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Information in respect of payments made from by my Department's administrative expenditure for the purchase of newspapers or magazines has been extracted from the Department's Financial Management System (FMS). The Deputy should note that it is not possible to identify the costs of daily newspapers separately.

Total expenditure in 2015 was € 8,959.58. A list of the publications purchased has been attached for the Deputy's information. The expenditure on newspapers and magazines is kept to a minimum.

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