My Department awarded a Mobile Voice and Data contract to Vodafone in September 2016 procured through an Office of Government Procurement (OGP) Framework, using a Supplementary Response Framework Tender. My Department is currently preparing to undertake a competitive tendering process in conjunction with the OGP again for our voice and data services, the contract for which is now due for renewal.
Met Éireann has a two-year drawn down contract in place with Three Ireland, under the OGP mobile phone services framework. The contract is due to expire on 31/10/2020 with an option to extend for a further two years.
The amounts spent on purchasing mobile phones for staff for work-related business in each of the years 2016 to date is as follows:
|
Expenditure on Mobile Phones
|
2016
|
2017
|
2018
|
2019
|
Total
|
|
Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government
|
€107,715
|
€20,050
|
€32,560
|
€28,050
|
€188,375
|
|
Met Éireann
|
€125
|
€0
|
€17,773
|
€9,486
|
€27,384
|
Historical information regarding the grade levels of mobile phone recipients is not available, however, the numbers of staff with mobile phones broken down by grades in 2019 are:
|
DHPLG
|
No.
|
Met Éireann
|
No.
|
|
Secretary General
|
1
|
Director
|
1
|
|
Assistant Secretary
|
6
|
Senior Meteorologist
|
8
|
|
Principal Officer
|
39
|
Principal Officer
|
1
|
|
Assistant Principal Officer
|
91
|
Principal Meteorological Officer
|
6
|
|
Administrative Officer
|
1
|
Meteorologist
|
12
|
|
Higher Executive Officer
|
19
|
Hydrometeorologist
|
4
|
|
Executive Officer
|
17
|
Assistant Principal Officer
|
2
|
|
Clerical Officer
|
2
|
Senior Meteorological Officer
|
12
|
|
Service Officer
|
10
|
Meteorological Officer
|
2
|
|
Accountant
|
1
|
Executive Officer
|
1
|
|
Architectural/Engineering
|
19
|
Clerical Officer
|
1
|
|
Building Standard Advisor
|
4
|
|
|
|
Housing Inspector
|
3
|
|
|
|
Quantity Surveyor
|
6
|
|
|
|
Senior Advisor
|
8
|
|
|
|
Principal Advisor
|
3
|
|
|
|
Planning Advisor
|
5
|
|
|
|
Legal Advisor
|
2
|
|
|
|
Fire Advisor
|
4
|
|
|
|
Scientific Policy Advisor
|
2
|
|
|
|
Geographical Information Officer
|
3
|
|
|
|
Auditor
|
8
|
|
|
|
Statistician
|
2
|
|
|
|
Private Secretary
|
4
|
|
|
|
Ministers
|
3
|
|
|
|
Personal Assistant
|
1
|
|
|
|
Ministers Advisor
|
2
|
|
|
|
Total
|
266
|
|
50
|
