Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 30 September 2020
288. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Community and Rural Development and the Islands the amount spent on media monitoring services by her Department; if the role is provided by private contract operators or in-house services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27571/20]
View answer290. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Community and Rural Development and the Islands 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; if so, the costs of same; and the companies engaged. [27655/20]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 288 and 290 together.
My Department was established on July 19th 2017 and did not use a third-party contractor for media monitoring until 2018, when a service provider was sourced through an Office of Government Procurement framework arrangement.
Information regarding the ongoing costs of the service are set out in the table below.
|
Year |
Company providing media monitoring service |
Amount |
|
2018 |
Kantar |
€7,180.75 |
|
2019 |
Kantar |
€12,130.29 |
|
2020 (YTD) |
Kantar |
€9,259.16 |
|
Total |
€28,570.20 |
