The number of mobile phones and costs of bills for the years in question are in the table below:
Year
|
No. of Phones
|
Cost
|
|
|
€
|
2006
|
306
|
318,842
|
2007
|
293
|
166,735
|
2008
|
337
|
154,940
|
2009
|
347
|
178,051
|
2010
|
322
|
111,062
|
The figure for 2006 includes costs for the Driver Testing function, which was transferred out of the Department on 1st September 2006.
The number of phones is estimated for each year as the number of mobile phone holders can fluctuate from month to month. The figure includes phones provided to the volunteers with the Irish Coast Guard. Cost figures include the current costs incurred for Blackberry's and mobile broadband.