Government spend on 'media monitoring' tops €1m since 2017

The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection pays out more than double the amount of any other body. File picture

The Government has paid just over €1 million for media monitoring services since 2017, with the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection paying out more than double the amount of any other body.

All told, €1,008,351 was spent across 16 departments over the four-year period, utilising a number of different companies - with consumer specialists Kantar the most widely-used.