Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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286. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount expended on access to online and hardcopy media publications since May 2020 to date; and the breakdown of online and hard copy subscriptions including the publications that his Department subscribes to. [27634/20]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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My Department purchases online and media publications in compliance with procurement guidelines and it avails of the Office of Government Procurement framework agreements.  Since the onset of the current crisis, the provision of publications is regularly reviewed, with the suspension of some print copies and the migration to increased digital access. All expenditure is monitored on an ongoing basis to ensure that value for money is being achieved.

The total expenditure by my Department on access to newspapers, periodicals, magazines and subscriptions to online media content since May 2020 to date is €7,132.

The breakdown of online and hard copy subscriptions is set out in the attached table.