Departmental Expenditure.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 February 2004

Thursday, 19 February 2004

Questions (148)

Dan Boyle

Question:

144 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science the anticipated increases in telephone costs to his Department after recent rental price increases. [5497/04]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Science (Mr. N. Dempsey)

The majority of my Department's telephone lines are linked to the Government virtual private network system. Their cost is not affected by the recent increases.

My Department also has public switched telephone network lines. They are used as a backup for VPN lines and also by the local inspectorate and regional offices. They are affected by the line rental price increase. This year it is anticipated that my Department's telephone costs will increase by between €8,000 and €10,000.