The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the amount expended on access to online and hardcopy media publications by my Department in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 is set out in the following table.
|
Publication
|
2017
|
2018
|
2019
|
2020
|
Format
|
|
Stubbs Gazette
|
€312.83
|
€312.80
|
€312.83
|
-
|
Hardcopy
|
|
Phoenix Magazine
|
€69.00
|
€138.00
|
€138.00
|
-
|
Hardcopy
|
|
Data Protection Ireland
|
-
|
-
|
€306.60
|
-
|
Online
|
|
Industrial Relations News
|
€457.80
|
€468.70
|
€479.60
|
-
|
Hardcopy and Online
|
|
Health & Safety Review
|
€604.95
|
€615.85
|
€637.65
|
-
|
Hardcopy
|
|
An Cosantóir
|
€50.00
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Hardcopy
|
|
Newspapers
(Irish Times, Irish Independent, Irish Sun, Irish Daily Mail, Irish Daily Star, Irish Mirror, Irish Examiner, Evening Herald, Financial Times, Leinster Leader)
|
€11,174.23
|
€7,984.59
|
€10.096.44
|
€1,484.74 (as of 10th March 2020)
|
Hardcopy Newspapers
|
|
Kantar Media
|
€8,022.06
|
€20,858.28
|
€18,986.28
|
€2,674.02 (as of 23rd March 2020)
|
On line
|
|
Total
|
€20,690.87
|
€30,378.22
|
€30,957.40
|
€4,158.76
|
|
Staff in my Department are mindful of costs and consideration will always be given to taking steps to ensure best value for money such as using group subscriptions for online subscriptions rather than individual accounts.
