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Departmental Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 30 September 2020

Wednesday, 30 September 2020

Ceisteanna (140)

Matt Carthy

Ceist:

140. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education the amount spent on media monitoring services by her Department; if the role is provided by private contract operators or in-house services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27564/20]

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The Department engages the services of an external media monitoring provider for the monitoring of newspaper publications. Social media is monitored internally in the Department by the communications unit.

Media Monitoring costs:

In 2019, the  total spent was €30,314.21 including licensing fee for Newspaper Licensing Ireland and NLA Media Access.

In 2020, the total spent to date is €15,024.45.

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