Departmental Expenditure.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 April 2009

Tuesday, 7 April 2009

Questions (303)

Michael Ring

Question:

303 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost of providing mobile telephony and PDA services for him in each of the years since 2002, broken down by handset purchase costs, rental and call costs, and other costs; the amount of money which was refunded by him in connection with personal use of these phones, PDAs and Blackberries in each year since 2002 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14531/09]

Written answers

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Deputy John Gormley)

The information requested in the question is set out in the table from 15 June 2007, the date on which I took office. The information refers to two devices, a mobile phone and a Blackberry.

	2007	2008	2009
	€	€	€
Handset Purchases	Nil	361.79	Nil
Rental & Call Costs	1,061.49	2,905.67	734.83
Other Costs	Nil	Nil	Nil
Personal Use Refund	Nil	Nil	Nil