Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish the airline costs for his Department for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2690/19]

Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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The Department of Education and Skills airline costs for 2018 was €97,116.67. The Department of Education and Skills utilises the travel agent contracted through the Office of Government Procurement to procure flights and keep airline costs to the Department to a minimum.

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish the cost of newspapers in his Department in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2707/19]

Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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For the Deputy's information, as extracted from the Department's Financial System (FMS), payments made from the Department’s administration expenditure indicate that the total expenditure for the purchase of newspapers and subscriptions to online newspaper content was €10,315.24 in 2018.