Dan Boyle
Ceist:123 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance the anticipate increases in phone costs to his Department after recent phone rental price rises. [5495/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraDáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 February 2004
123 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance the anticipate increases in phone costs to his Department after recent phone rental price rises. [5495/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe recent phone line rental increases will result in an immediate additional cost for my Department of around €400 per month. However, it is not expected that these increases will have a significant long term impact on the Department's telecommunications expenditure, as officials had already been examining the greater use of alternative and more economic means for connecting to the public switch network in the context of the Government virtual private network.