Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
Select Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources
Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources (Revised)
9:00 am
Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source
Yes, sorry. There is no income coming in from that. There was income in previous years. That is why it is blank for this year. Appropriations-in-aid are income into the Department. The big income we have in the Department is from the television licence, which passes through us. The Geological Survey of Ireland has fee income and the petroleum division has income where people access our data. Historically, income was derived from the emergency call-answering service, but that is not coming in now. That is why it is zero. The money paid out in respect of it is listed under programme A. This is the service which answers the phone when a person dials 112 or 999 and it refers people to the fire service, the ambulance service and so on.
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