Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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899. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount expended on access to online and hard copy 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. [3999/20]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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My Department purchases newspapers and periodicals in compliance with procurement guidelines and it avails of Office of Government Procurement framework agreements. Digital format is always encouraged and, when feasible and cost effective, access is authenticated via IP recognition. All expenditure is monitored on an ongoing basis to ensure that value for money is being achieved.

The total expenditure by my Department on access to online and hard copy media publications in 2017 was €59,075, €63,387 in 2018, €72,166 in 2019 and the total in 2020 to date is €8,542.

The breakdown of online and hard copy subscriptions is set out in the attached table.