Written answers

Wednesday, 13 May 2020

Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Departmental Expenditure

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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965. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment 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. [4002/20]

Photo of Richard BrutonRichard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The table below provides a breakdown of hardcopy and online subscriptions for my Department from 2017 to 2020. In many of the cases, providers insist on individual accounts, however subscriptions are reviewed to identify if and where savings can be made.

Online Publication Year Cost Total for the year
ReNews 2017 €642.71
ENDS 2017 €4693
Financial Times 2017 €4344
Mining Journal & Magazine 2017 €1187.21
Economic Geology 2017 €661.81
Northern Miner 2017 €473.55
Justis Publishing 2017 €4549.57
IRN Subscriptions 2017 €836.40
European Law Review Subscription 2017 €2200
Total €19,588.25
ReNews 2018 €565.73
The Times/Sunday Times Ireland Edition 2018 €12
The Economist 2018 €450
Politico Pro 2018 €1554
ENDS 2018 €4913.82
Financial Times 2018 €5353
Irish Times 2018 €768
Sunday Business Post 2018 €339.98
Irish Independent 2018 €357.08
IRN Subscriptions 2018 €848.70
Upstream 2018 €2435.40
Mining Journal & Magazine 2018 €2011.05
Economic Geology 2018 €641.25
Northern Miner 2018 €394.41
Justis Publishing 2018 €4718.57
European Law Review Subscription 2018 €2171
Total €27,533.99
The Times/Sunday Times Ireland Edition 2019 €246.70
The Economist 2019 €550
Politico Pro 2019 €9419
ENDS 2019 €5842.99
Financial Times 2019 €6216
Sunday Business Post 2019 €339.98
The Currency 2019 €250
Irish Times 2019 €768
Mining Journal &Magazine 2019 €2084.84
Northern Miner 2019 €705.31
European Law Review Subscriptions 2019 €2441
Justis Publishing 2019 €5164.45
Politico Pro (additional users) 2019 €1345.96
IRN Subscription 2019 €763
Total €36,137.23
The Times/Sunday Times Ireland Edition 2020 €106.68
The Economist 2020 €275
Financial Times 2020 €572
Irish Independent 2020 €357.08
IRN Subscriptions 2020 €779.35
Mining Journal & Magazine 2020 €2576.85
Upstream 2020 €2277.96
Total to date €6,944.92

List of Hardcopy publications

Hardcopy Publications Year Combined Cost of all Hardcopy publications
Irish Times 2017 €9214.80
Irish Times Saturday 2018 €9380.75
Daily Mail 2019 €11528.65
Daily Mail Saturday 2020(To end of April) €3631.90
Mail on Sunday
Examiner
Examiner Saturday
Farmers Journal
Financial Times
Financial Times Weekend
Galway Advertiser
Galway Independent
Irish Independent
Irish Independent Saturday
Phoenix
Phoenix Annual
The Star
The Star Saturday
Business Post
Sunday Independent
Sunday Times
Sunday World
The Economist
The Economist Christmas
The Economist World
Time Special Edition
Village
Evening Herald
London Times
London Times Saturday
Mirror
Mirror Saturday

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