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Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 13 May 2020

Wednesday, 13 May 2020

Ceisteanna (1309)

Catherine Murphy

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1309. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount expended on access to online and hardcopy media publications in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the breakdown of online and hard copy subscriptions including the publications that her Department subscribes to; if consideration has been given to using a banded set of IP addresses for online subscriptions rather than individual accounts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4003/20]

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The information sought by the Deputy in relation to expenditure on media publications in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 from my Department's administrative budget is set out following table.

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, Irish 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 ). Costs are as follows:

Year

2017

9,867

2018

10,622

2019

11,435

2020

3,458

Total

35,382

Cost of subscriptions to on-line media publications and services

The Department maintains subscriptions to the Irish Times Online, Business Post, Irish Independent, Sunday Independent, The Herald, Sunday World, the Sunday Times and to Press Reader.

Year

2017

1,732

2018

1,776

2019

1,792

2020

1,743

Total

7,043

Cost, including the use of corporate or group subscriptions, is a primary consideration in all decisions related to expenditure on media publications and subscriptions.

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