Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 30 September 2020
174. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she 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 her Department; and if so, the costs of same and the companies engaged. [27667/20]
View answerThe details of the companies engaged by my Department to provide media monitoring services, and the costs associated with each company, in the years 2017, 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, follow.
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2017 |
|
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Company name and service provided |
Cost € |
|
NewsAccess Ltd: Print & Broadcast monitoring |
20,295 |
|
Total for year |
20,295 (includes 4,059 paid to NewsAccess Ltd in Jan. 2017 in respect of Dec. 2016) |
|
2018 |
|
|
Company name and service provided |
Cost € |
|
NewsAccess Ltd AKA Kantar: Print monitoring |
61,733.50 |
|
Meltwater UK Ltd: Broadcast monitoring (from May 2018) |
2,400 |
|
Total for year |
64,133.50 (23,542 paid to NewsAccess/Kantar in March 2018 in respect of May 2017 to Feb. 2018) |
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2019 |
|
|
Company name and service provided |
Cost € |
|
NewsAccess Ltd AKA Kantar: Print monitoring (up to May 2019) |
21,217.50 |
|
Meltwater UK Ltd: Broadcast monitoring (up to October 2019) |
5,832.00 (including services provided in Dec. 2018) |
|
Rue Point Media (from May 2019) |
39,681.28 |
|
Total for year |
66,730.78 (includes 4,243.50 paid to NewsAccess/Kantar in Feb. 2019 in respect of Dec. 2018) |
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2020 (to 31 August) |
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|
Company name and service provided |
Cost € |
|
Rue Point Media: Print & Broadcast monitoring |
56,629.20 |
|
Total for year (to 31 August 2020) |
56,629.20 (6,273 paid to Rue Point Media in Jan 2020 in respect of December 2019) |
