Departmental Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 29 September 2010

Wednesday, 29 September 2010

Questions (1633)

Brian Hayes

Question:

1723 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the amount his Department spent in each of the last three years and in the first six months of this year on mobile phone bills; the number of staff within the Department who have mobile phones paid by the Department; the mobile phone operator that has the contract for supplying this service; the tender, if any, that applies to the service being provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33637/10]

Written answers

Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation (Deputy Batt O’Keeffe)

The amount spent by my Department on mobile phone bills since 2007 is as follows:

Year	€
2007	€152,834
2008	146,155
2009	125,719
Jan – Jun 2010	60,944

The number of staff in the Department with mobile phones paid for by the Department has varied over the years but in August 2010 the number was 152. The mobile phone operator who has a contract with my Department is Vodafone. That contract was tendered for under the Mobile Services Framework Agreement for the Civil Service and commenced on 1 October 2008.

The above figures do not include the 8 Offices of my Department which have their own budgets.