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Departmental Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 30 September 2020

Wednesday, 30 September 2020

Questions (77, 79)

Matt Carthy

Question:

77. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform 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. [27559/20]

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Catherine Murphy

Question:

79. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform 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. [27666/20]

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Written answers

I propose to take Questions Nos. 77 and 79 together.

The third party media monitoring costs for my Department and the Office of Government Procurement, which is also part of my Department, are set out in the table below.  The details of the 2020 costs for the Department itself reflect a change of supplier earlier this year.

The Deputy may wish to note that some media monitoring is also conducted by staff of my Department’s Press Office as part of their normal duties.

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

 

Company name

Cost

2017

Kantar

€3,919.93

2018

Kantar

€3,616.08

2019

Kantar

€4,688.97

2020

Kantar

€3,874.52

2020 (to date)

Rue Point Media

€1,018.17

Office of Government Procurement

Year

 Company name

Cost

2017

Kantar Media

€5,587.75

2018

Kantar Media

€13,570.25

2019

Kantar Media

€9,967.32

2020 (to date)

Kantar Media

€4,875.06

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