Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 30 September 2020
73. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount expended on access to online and hard-copy media publications since May 2020 to date; and the breakdown of online and hard-copy subscriptions, including the publications to which his Department subscribes. [27641/20]
View answerI can advise the Deputy that the table below outlines the expenditure incurred by my Department on access to online and hardcopy media publications since May 2020 to date:
|
Publication |
Format |
Frequency |
Cost May 2020 to date) |
|
The Irish Times |
Online |
Cost from May 2020 to date |
€5,861.75 |
|
Financial Times |
Online |
Cost from May 2020 to date |
€1,612.50 |
|
New York Times |
Online |
Cost from May 2020 to date |
€118.05 |
|
Wall Street Journal |
Online |
Cost from May 2020 to date |
€144.95 |
|
Economist |
Hardcopy |
Cost from May 2020 to date |
€752.04 |
|
The Irish Times |
Hardcopy |
Cost from May 2020 to date |
€2,769.08 |
|
Irish Independent |
Hardcopy |
Cost from May 2020 to date |
€498.31 |
|
Irish Examiner |
Hardcopy |
Cost from May 2020 to date |
€164.23 |
|
Financial Times |
Hardcopy |
Cost from May 2020 to date |
€910.72 |
|
Guardian |
Hardcopy |
Cost from May 2020 to date |
€192.79 |
|
New York Times |
Hardcopy |
Cost from May 2020 to date |
€214.20 |
|
Herald |
Hardcopy |
Cost from May 2020 to date |
€92.83 |
|
Irish Daily Mail |
Hardcopy |
Cost from May 2020 to date |
€354.98 |
|
Irish Mail Sunday |
Hardcopy |
Cost from May 2020 to date |
€19.20 |
|
London Times |
Hardcopy |
Cost from May 2020 to date |
€2.70 |
|
Mail on Sunday |
Hardcopy |
Cost from May 2020 to date |
€5.00 |
|
Sunday Independent |
Hardcopy |
Cost from May 2020 to date |
€37.70 |
|
Sunday Observer |
Hardcopy |
Cost from May 2020 to date |
€6.60 |
|
Sunday Times |
Hardcopy |
Cost from May 2020 to date |
€22.40 |
|
The Guardian |
Hardcopy |
Cost from May 2020 to date |
€19.00 |
|
Farmers Journal |
Hardcopy |
Cost from May 2020 to date |
€46.24 |
|
OECD Economic Outlook |
Online |
Cost from May 2020 to date |
€412.00 |
|
Other Subscriptions to be paid later this year: |
|
|
|
|
Publication |
Format |
Frequency |
Expected Cost |
|
Bloomberg |
Online |
yearly |
€263 |
|
The Business Post |
Online |
yearly |
€149 |
|
The Economist |
Online |
yearly |
€275 |
|
New Statesman |
Online |
yearly |
€137 |
|
The Currency |
Online |
yearly |
€200 |
|
The Times Ireland |
Online |
Monthly |
(First month free) €5 (every month after) |
|
Industrial Relations News |
Online |
Annual subscription |
€800 |
In addition to the above, my Department subscribes to Bloomberg for market data at a cost of €14,417 since May 2020 and to Capital Economics for economic data at a cost of €15,000 since May 2020.
