Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 30 September 2020
41. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications 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. [27556/20]
View answer43. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications 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; if so, the costs of same; and the companies engaged. [27654/20]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 41 and 43 together.
My Department is provided with a media monitoring service by Mediawatch Ltd., trading as Kantar. A collation of news coverage (both online and print) which is relevant to the Department’s remit and associated industries/stakeholders is received twice daily (morning and evening). In addition, two emails per day are received with details of broadcast coverage for relevant areas of the Department’s core remit. The costs of these service is set out in the following table:
|
Year |
Cost (€) |
|
2017 |
22,730.40 |
|
2018 |
22,730.40 |
|
2019 |
26,863.20 |
|
2020 to date |
16,531.20 |
|
Total |
88,855.20 |
