Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 30 Apr 1997

Vol. 478 No. 5

Written Answers. - Departmental Costs.

Ivor Callely

Question:

93 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Education the total expenditure by her Department for each of the years 1995 and 1996 on consultants, ministerial programme managers, advisers, contract staff, non-Civil Service staff and public relations contracts; the cost of her phone and mobile phone bills and those of the Minister(s) of State; the cost of photography to her Department; the number of times ministerial air transport was used for this period; if she will give comparative figures for each of the years 1988 and 1989; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11568/97]

Minister for Education (Ms Bhreathnach)

I refer the Deputy in the first instance to my replies to previous parliamentary questions on these and related matters: Question No. 89 of 16 April 1997 (Deputy Callely); Question No. 72 of 10 April 1997 (Deputy O'Rourke); Question No. 172 of 8 April 1997 (Deputy Callely); Questions Nos. 158, 242, 286 of 25 March 1997 (Deputy Callely); Questions Nos. 94, 95 of 13 March 1997 (Deputy Nealon); Question No. 228 of 18 February 1997 (Deputy Callely); Question No. 143 of 19 December 1997 (Deputy Callely); Question No. 155 of 3 December 1997 (Deputy Martin); Question No. 162 of 22 October 1996 (Deputy Callely) and Question No. 181 of 22 October 1996 (Deputy D. Ahern).

The information now requested by the Deputy relating to 1995 and 1996 is in the following table:

Category	1995	1996
	£	£
Expenditure by the Department on Consultants, Ministerial Programme Managers, Advisers, contract staff, non-Civil Service staff and public relations contracts	523,004	709,211
Phone Costs:
Minister	3,621	3,729
Minister of State Allen	8,272	9,436
Minister of State Currie	—	61
Expenditure by Department on Photography	5,689	13,646
Number of times Ministerial Air Transport used: (Minister and Minister of State)	*8	*4

* These figures refer only to the MATS service.

Comparable figures for 1988 and 1989 are not available as their compilation would take an inordinate amount of time and resources.