Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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3. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount expended on access to online and hardcopy media publications in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the breakdown of online and hard copy subscriptions including the publications that his Department subscribes to; if consideration has been given to using a banded set of IP addresses for online subscriptions rather than individual accounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4004/20]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the amount expended on access to online and hardcopy media publications by my Department in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 is set out in the following table.

Staff in my Department are mindful of costs and consideration will always be given to taking steps to ensure best value for money such as using group subscriptions for online subscriptions rather than individual accounts.