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Departmental Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 29 September 2010

Wednesday, 29 September 2010

Ceisteanna (1131)

Brian Hayes

Ceist:

1222 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount his Department spent in each of the last three years and in the first six months of this year on mobile phone bills; the number of staff within the Department who have mobile phones paid by the Department; the mobile phone operator that has the contract for supplying this service; the tender, if any, that applies to the service being provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33640/10]

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The table below sets out details of mobile phone bills paid by the Department of Foreign Affairs and the numbers of staff who are provided with mobile phones over the period 2007 to 2010 to date. The Department avails of the Mobile Telephony Services Framework operated by the Department of Finance. Under this Framework, O2 were awarded the contract from October 2008 and again from May 2010. The contract was previously held by Vodafone under the Department of Finance contract.

Year

Amount Spent on Mobile Telephony Services

No of Staff provided with mobile phone

2007

161,862

184

2008

155,547

185

2009

89,681

196

2010 to date

85,218

187

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