Departmental Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 13 May 2020

Wednesday, 13 May 2020

Questions (430)

Catherine Murphy

Question:

430. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount expended on access to online and hardcopy media publications in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the breakdown of online and hard copy subscriptions including the publications that her Department subscribes to; if consideration has been given to using a banded set of IP addresses for online subscriptions rather than individual accounts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4000/20]

Written answers

Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation

The total expenditure on hardcopy and online media publications by my Department and its Offices from 2017 to date is available at the following link. A breakdown of costs and details of the publications subscribed to, is also provided. In engaging service providers, my Department and its Offices are mindful of both the business need and the need to always secure value for money taking account of different subscription options available and, accordingly, strive to keep costs to minimum.

Please be advised that invoices relating to hardcopies of newspapers and magazines purchased in 2017 are filed off-site and are not available to staff of my Department. As a result, my Department cannot provide a breakdown of the volume and cost of different hardcopy publications purchased, however a total expenditure figure is provided for those publications for 2017.

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Question No. 431 withdrawn.