Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 30 September 2020
90. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht 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 her Department subscribes. [27647/20]
View answerI refer the Deputy to the reply given to Dáil Question No. 1309 of 13 May last.
I am informed that since May of this year the Department incurred expenditure of €180 on hard-copy publications and €4,183 on online publications bringing total expenditure in 2020 to date to €3,638 and €5,926 respectively.
The hard-copy media publications to which these subscriptions apply include the Irish Independent, Sunday Independent, Irish Examiner, Sun (Irish edition), Irish Daily Star, Daily Mirror (Irish edition) , Daily Mail (Irish edition), The Herald, Sunday World, Mail on Sunday (Irish edition), Sunday Mirror (Irish edition), Sunday Times (Irish edition), Business Post, Irish Times, Phoenix, Irish Farmers Journal and the Economist.
In relation to online media publications the Department subscribes to Rue Point Media, Irish Times, Business Post, Irish Independent, Sunday Independent, The Herald, Sunday World, the Sunday Times, Press Reader, Sport For Business and POLITICO Pro.
Cost, including the use of corporate or group subscriptions, is a primary consideration in all decisions related to expenditure on media publications and subscriptions.
