Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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233. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government 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. [15415/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Public Sector Magazine is a quarterly publication which is distributed free to my Department. Therefore, no expenditure is incurred in this regard.

Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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234. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money spent on daily newspapers in 2015; if this is an appropriate expenditure given the available and far cheaper on-line alternatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15431/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department avails of an electronic press cuttings service which serves for most of its printed media monitoring needs. In terms of hard-copy printed newspapers, the cost of purchase for my Department, including Met Éireann, in 2015 totalled approximately €9,830. In general, the Department relies on online versions of the daily newspapers but not all newspapers have an online presence. In addition , it should be noted that there can be differences between online and printed content.