Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 October 2020
560. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration if he has engaged a third-party company in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to conduct online and or social media monitoring and-or provide reports on social media coverage of his Department; if so, the cost of same; and if the name of the social media platforms being monitored will be provided. [28910/20]
View answerThe Department has engaged a third-party company, Kantar Media, in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to provide the Department with a service that monitors both traditional and online media outlets. This takes the form of the provision of press cuttings from both print and online media.
We do not have a contract with a third party company to conduct social media monitoring or to provide it with reports on social media coverage of the Department.
Expenditure in the years 2017-2020, to date, on Kantar Media service is as follows:
|
2017 |
€6000 |
|
2018 |
€4300 |
|
2019 |
€3800 |
|
2020 |
€4200 |
