Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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123. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has engaged a third-party company in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to conduct media monitoring and-or provide reports on media coverage of his Department; and if so, the costs of same and the companies engaged. [27656/20]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Minister engages Kantar Media for clipping and media monitoring services for the Department of Defence. The cost for each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 are outlined in the table below:

This media clipping and monitoring service is used to provide timely awareness for my officials on a broad range of matters raised through media channels.