Written answers

Wednesday, 30 September 2020

Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment

Departmental Contracts

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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35. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment 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; if so, the costs of same; and the companies engaged. [27658/20]

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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My Department and the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement have engaged third party companies to provide media monitoring services over the years 2017 to date. The details of the companies engaged and the costs involved are set out in the Table below.

Media Monitoring and or Reports on Media Coverage

Year Service Company Cost Incl of VAT
2017 Jan – May

November 2018
Media Monitoring for the Department

Final Payment
News Access 4,997

2489
2017 Media Monitoring for the ODCE NLA Media Access Limited 1,385
2018 Media Monitoring for the Department TRUEHAWK 12,884
2018 Media Monitoring for the ODCE Media Watch Ltd. T/A Kantar Media 2,350
2019 Media Monitoring for the Department TRUEHAWK 19,557
2019 Media Monitoring for the ODCE Media Watch Ltd. T/A Kantar Media 2,917
Year to Date 2020 Media Monitoring for the Department TRUEHAWK 13,038
Year to Date 2020 Media Monitoring for the ODCE Media Watch Ltd. T/A Kantar Media 138

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