Written answers
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Department of Finance
Departmental Expenditure
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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73. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount expended on access to online and hard-copy media publications since May 2020 to date; and the breakdown of online and hard-copy subscriptions, including the publications to which his Department subscribes. [27641/20]
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I can advise the Deputy that the table below outlines the expenditure incurred by my Department on access to online and hardcopy media publications since May 2020 to date:
Publication | Format | Frequency | Cost May 2020 to date) |
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The Irish Times | Online | Cost from May 2020 to date | €5,861.75 |
Financial Times | Online | Cost from May 2020 to date | €1,612.50 |
New York Times | Online | Cost from May 2020 to date | €118.05 |
Wall Street Journal | Online | Cost from May 2020 to date | €144.95 |
Economist | Hardcopy | Cost from May 2020 to date | €752.04 |
The Irish Times | Hardcopy | Cost from May 2020 to date | €2,769.08 |
Irish Independent | Hardcopy | Cost from May 2020 to date | €498.31 |
Irish Examiner | Hardcopy | Cost from May 2020 to date | €164.23 |
Financial Times | Hardcopy | Cost from May 2020 to date | €910.72 |
Guardian | Hardcopy | Cost from May 2020 to date | €192.79 |
New York Times | Hardcopy | Cost from May 2020 to date | €214.20 |
Herald | Hardcopy | Cost from May 2020 to date | €92.83 |
Irish Daily Mail | Hardcopy | Cost from May 2020 to date | €354.98 |
Irish Mail Sunday | Hardcopy | Cost from May 2020 to date | €19.20 |
London Times | Hardcopy | Cost from May 2020 to date | €2.70 |
Mail on Sunday | Hardcopy | Cost from May 2020 to date | €5.00 |
Sunday Independent | Hardcopy | Cost from May 2020 to date | €37.70 |
Sunday Observer | Hardcopy | Cost from May 2020 to date | €6.60 |
Sunday Times | Hardcopy | Cost from May 2020 to date | €22.40 |
The Guardian | Hardcopy | Cost from May 2020 to date | €19.00 |
Farmers Journal | Hardcopy | Cost from May 2020 to date | €46.24 |
OECD Economic Outlook | Online | Cost from May 2020 to date | €412.00 |
Other Subscriptions to be paid later this year: | |||
Publication | Format | Frequency | Expected Cost |
Bloomberg | Online | yearly | €263 |
The Business Post | Online | yearly | €149 |
The Economist | Online | yearly | €275 |
New Statesman | Online | yearly | €137 |
The Currency | Online | yearly | €200 |
The Times Ireland | Online | Monthly | (First month free) €5 (every month after) |
Industrial Relations News | Online | Annual subscription | €800 |
In addition to the above, my Department subscribes to Bloomberg for market data at a cost of €14,417 since May 2020 and to Capital Economics for economic data at a cost of €15,000 since May 2020.
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