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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 30 Apr 1997

Vol. 478 No. 5

Written Answers. - Departmental Costs.

Ivor Callely

Ceist:

69 Mr. Calley asked the Minister for the Environment the total expenditure by his Department for each of the years 1995 and 1996 on consultants, ministerial programme managers, advisers, contract staff, non-Civil Service staff and public relations contracts; the cost of his phone and mobile phone bills and those of the Minister(s) of State; the cost of photography to his Department; the number of times ministerial air transport was used for this period; if he will give comparative figures for each of the years 1988 and 1989; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11574/97]

Since October 1996, I have answered at least 24 questions from Deputies requesting information on the staffing of ministerial offices in my Department, and on consultancies, public relations, travel, phone bills etc. Examples of such replies are set out in the table which follows. The extraction, analysis, comparison and presentation of further data, some of which relates to expenditure nine years ago, would involve a disproportionate amount of time and work for the staff of my Department and is not warranted having regard to the detailed information already made available.

Table

Question

Date

Subject

October 1996

119

16/10/1996

Press Relations

134

22/10/1996

Staffing

147

22/10/1996

Staffing costs

148

22/10/1996

Public Relations

122

30/10/1996

Consultancy

123

30/10/1996

Consultancy

November 1996

115

13/11/1996

Staff Costs

December 1996

97

10/12/1996

Air Travel

63

18/12/1996

Air Travel

113

19/12/1996

Staffing

Consultancies

Public Relations

115

19/12/1996

Foreign Travel

(Air Travel)

January 1997

155

28/1/1997

Consultancies

February 1997

194

18/2/1997

Staffing

March 1997

115

5/3/1997

Consultancies

77

13/3/1997

Staffing/Numbers

98

20/3/1997

Staffing Costs

195

25/3/1997

Travel

201

25/3/1997

Staffing

Consultancies

213

25/3/1997

Mobile Phones

136

26/3/1997

Mobile Phones

April 1997

135

8/4/1997

Staffing

94

9/4/1997

Staffing Costs

167

15/4/1997

Air Travel

69

16/4/1997

Staffing

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