Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

290. To ask the Minister for Social Protection 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. [15422/16]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

My Department incurred no cost in 2015 for the Public Sector Times Magazine.

The Public Services Time Magazine is free of charge to all public sector bodies.

Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

291. To ask the Minister for Social Protection 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. [15438/16]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

The expenditure on newspapers purchased by the Department in 2015 amounted to €8,335.33.

The Department monitors such expenditure closely at all times and keeps these costs to a minimum.

Some newspapers are not available or fully available online without subscription.