Written answers
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment
Departmental Expenditure
Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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33. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the amount spent on media monitoring services by his Department; if the role is provided by private contract operators or in-house services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27555/20]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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A media monitoring service is provided to my Department by a private contractor, Truehawk Media.
My Department has spent €13,038, inclusive of VAT, from January 2020 to date on the provision of this service.
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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34. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment 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. [27640/20]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The table below sets out the total expenditure on hardcopy and online media publications by my Department and its Offices from May 2020 to date. A breakdown of costs and details as requested is provided in the attached Table.
Hardcopy & Online Media Publications from May 2020 to Date
| Title of Media Publication/Subscription | Number of hard copy publications / subscriptions | Total cost of hard copy publications / subscriptions Incl. of VAT € | Number of online media publications / subscriptions | Total cost of online media publications / subscriptions Incl. of VAT € |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Politico | 18 Users | 24,371 | ||
| Inside Washington | 1 user | 1618 | ||
| Currency Media | 1 user | 200 | ||
| JStor – Business & Economic Collection | 10 – 15 users | 4663 | ||
| Industrial Relations News | 33 users | 5636 | ||
| Harvard Business Review | I user | 120 | ||
| Decisis | 1 user | 736 | ||
| Thomson Reuters UK | 14 users | 5773 | ||
| Irish Times | 1 per day, 5 days per week | |||
| Irish Independent | 1 per day, 5 days per week | |||
| Financial Times | 1 per day, 5 days per week | €100 for all three hard copy subscriptions including delivery | ||
| Justis One, European Union Core | 3 users | 1,241 | ||
| Justis One, Irish Reports & Digest | 3 users | 379 | ||
| Justis One, Ireland Core | 3 users | 1,241 | ||
| Lexis Library UK and Irish Cases | 3 users | 5,045 | ||
| Commonwealth Law | 3 users | 1,578 | ||
| Courts News | 3 users | 363 | ||
| Irish Times | 3 per day, 5 days per week | 196 | ||
| Irish Independent | 1 per day, 5 days per week | 73 | ||
| Examiner | 1 per day, 5 days per week | 76 | ||
| The Sun | 1 per day, 5 days per week | 36 | ||
| The Star | 1 per day, 5 days per week | 56 | ||
| The Mirror | 1 per day, 5 days per week | 50 | ||
| Daily Mail | 1 per day, 5 days per week | 59 | ||
| The Herald | 1 per day, 5 days per week | 43 | ||
| Anglo Celt | Weekly publication, I per week | 17 | ||
| Farmers Journal | Weekly publication, I per week | 22 | ||
| Northern Standard | Weekly publication, I per week | 14 | ||
| Phoenix & The Economist magazines | 8 users for the Economist per week and 3 users for Phoenix per fortnight | 575 |
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