Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 30 September 2020
113. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage 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. [27561/20]
View answer115. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage 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; and if so, the costs of same and the companies engaged. [27663/20]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 113 and 115 together.
My Department does not engage third party or private companies to provide media monitoring services. It does however, engage a third party to provide a daily press clippings service and the costs are outlined below.
|
Year |
Cost |
|
2017 |
€8,280 |
|
2018 |
€7,985 |
|
2019 |
€8,720 |
|
2020 |
€10,454 |
