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.