Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 June 2016
234. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money spent on daily newspapers in 2015; if this is an appropriate expenditure given the available and far cheaper online alternatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15431/16]
View answerMy Department avails of an electronic press cuttings service which serves for most of its printed media monitoring needs. In terms of hard-copy printed newspapers, the cost of purchase for my Department, including Met Éireann, in 2015 totalled approximately €9,830.
In general, the Department relies on online versions of the daily newspapers but not all newspapers have an online presence. In addition , it should be noted that there can be differences between online and printed content.
