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
|