Departmental Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 July 2012

Thursday, 19 July 2012

Questions (536)

Mary Lou McDonald

Question:

540 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of his telecommunications services in the 2012 budget. [36779/12]

Written answers

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (Deputy Phil Hogan)

The allocation for the telecommunications budget in my Department for 2012 is €1,095,000. Expenditure from this budget covers the costs of telephony services such as rental of fixed voice and data lines, connections to the Government Virtual Private Network (VPN), broadband, mobile voice and data, telephonists, upgrading and replacement of telephony equipment and the maintenance and support contracts on telecommunications equipment.