Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 26 Mar 1996

Vol. 463 No. 3

Written Answers. - Telecommunications Equipment.

Dermot Ahern

Ceist:

200 Mr. D. Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment the name and status of the non-established staff, including programme managers and advisers employed in a temporary, part-time or permanent capacity who have been supplied with mobile telephones and fax machines for their home residences since the commencement of this Government; the estimated cost in each individual case; the total estimated cost to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6463/96]

Minister for the Environment (Mr. Howlin)

No Fax machine has been supplied for the residence of any staff of my Department.

Information relating to mobile phones is as follows:

Name	Post	Costs*
		£
Anne Byrne	Programme Manager	2,814
Dr. Tim Collins	Special Adviser to Minister	544
Frances Kelly	Personal Assistant to Minister	380
Philip Duffy	Special Adviser to Minister of State McManus	672
Anne Ferris	Personal Assistant to Minister of State McManus	1,634
	Total	6,044

*Costs include rental and call charges for the period from January 1995 to February 1996 inclusive. Of the five mobile phones involved, three had been acquired by the Department before the Government came into office. The cost of acquiring and fitting the two additional phones was £2,360.