Written answers

Wednesday, 30 September 2020

Department of Finance

Departmental Expenditure

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine 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]

Photo of Paschal DonohoePaschal 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)
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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