Results 961-980 of 10,459 for speaker:Bertie Ahern

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 121 to 123, inclusive, together. The total expenditure on mobile phones by my Department was €176,897 in 2006 and €166,938 to date (end November) in 2007. Detailed information of the kind sought by the Deputy is not available in aggregated format. However, on examination of records for one sample month, the following breakdown of mobile phone use is...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (11 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: I do not personally appoint staff to the media monitoring unit. There are currently four Executive Officers and one Clerical Officer working in the Communications Unit. It has a vacancy at EO level. The staff are established civil servants, four of whom are on secondment from other Departments. The total projected cost of the Communications Unit for 2007 is €338,607, with €123,464...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: My office is provided with 1,560 newspapers annually at a cost of €2,184. The Minister of State's office is provided with 1,352 newspapers annually at a cost of €2,410.20. The table* outlines the number and name of the newspapers purchased by my Department daily and weekly at an estimated annual cost of €132,228.20. Newspapers purchased by my Department Number of newspapers...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (11 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 126 and 128 together. There are four press officers based in my Department, one at Assistant Principal grade and three at Higher Executive Officer grade. Their pay is at the current rate for these respective grades. The Government Press Secretary is paid the max of the Assistant Secretary scale, while both of the Deputy Government Press Secretaries are paid...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (11 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The table contains detailsof the cost, nature of work done and nameof media consultants employed by my Department each year from 1997 to date (November 2007). Media Consultancy Year Name Type of Consultancy Amount € 1997 Nil Nil Nil 1998 Hall Public Relations PR consultant for the 1798 Commemoration 12,697.00 1999 Nil Nil Nil 2000 Nil Nil Nil 2001 Nil Nil Nil 2002 Nil Nil Nil...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The total number of credit cards currently held by my Department is 29. The annual cost of supplying credit cards, the amounts purchased and any interest payments for each year from 2000 to date are detailed in the table. Year Total Payments (excl. Charges) Charges (incl. Stamp Duty) Interest € € € 2000 185,852.33 3,079.11 0.00 2001 83,882.81 3,498.13 0.00 2002...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The total cost of photographers used by my Department from 1997 to date is detailed in the table. Year Cost of Photographers per year â'¬ 1997 (July to December) 13,633 1998 17,733 1999 18,810 2000 22,280 2001 9,020 2002 45,624 2003 39,446 2004 27,424 2005 44,814 2006 80,827 2007 (to end November) 51,559 The costs in question relate to the engaging of photographers by the...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The total spend by my Department on make-up services from 1997 to date are detailed in the table. Year Cost of Make-up Service per year â'¬ 1997 (July to December) 4,819 1998 21,117 1999 17,221 2000 20,330 2001 17,600 2002 18,439 2003 19,051 2004 27,722 2005 26,037 2006 25,583 2007 (to end of November 2007) 15,593 With regard to the use of make up services, since the advent...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: My Department's expenditure on entertainment for each year from 1997 to date is detailed in the table. Year Entertainment Expenditure € 1997 371,000 1998 232,000 1999 311,000 2000 362,000 2001 383,000 2002 421,000 2003 320,000 2004 399,000 2005 287,000 2006 641,000 2007* 262,633 * Expenditure for the period January to November 2007. Most of this expenditure is in relation to...

Written Answers — Government Information Services: Government Information Services (11 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: I do not receive a daily summary of stories relevant to my Department from the Government Information Services. However, the Communications Unit furnishes news updates in electronic format to me, the Ministers of State in my Department, departmental officials, the Government Information Service and my political advisors. These summaries are not specific to the Department of the Taoiseach but...

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (11 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The Taoiseach is generally accompanied by the Government Press Secretary or a government press officer on official visits. There have been no official trips in the last year on which a press officer has not accompanied the Taoiseach.

Written Answers — Departmental Transport: Departmental Transport (11 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: My Department does not provide transport to any member of staff, including Ministers of State. However, staff are entitled to claim mileage where privately owned cars have been used for the purpose of official business. All mileage payments are made in accordance with Department of Finance rules. This also applies to Ministers of State assigned to my Department.

Written Answers — Departmental Transport: Departmental Transport (11 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The cost to my Department in respect of the use of public transport (buses and trains) from 2002 to date is detailed in the table. Year Cost of using Public Transport â'¬ 2002 (July to Dec) 1,642 2003 3,003 2004 7,280 2005 5,618 2006 6,181 2007 (Jan-Nov) 2,947 Personally, I have not incurred any expenditure in this regard. The information requested by the Deputy for the years 1997...

Written Answers — Departmental Communications: Departmental Communications (11 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The Communications Unit post the news summaries on the Department of the Taoiseach's intranet which can be accessed by staff in the Department. The Unit updates this information on a daily basis and at no additional cost to the Department.

Written Answers — Departmental Communications: Departmental Communications (11 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: No Departmental mobile phones have been assigned to me.

Written Answers — Departmental Communications: Departmental Communications (11 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available. It is being compiled and will be forwarded.

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (11 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: As part of the implementation of the Government's Value for Money Review and Policy Review Initiative, my Department is undertaking a review of the National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO) and its constituent bodies — the National Economic and Social Council (NESC), the National Economic and Social Forum (NESF) and the National Centre for Partnership and Performance (NCPP)....

Written Answers — Departmental Transport: Departmental Transport (11 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The cost to my Department on a yearly basis from 2002 to date for transport hire is detailed in the table. Year Cost of Transport Hire â'¬ 2002 (July to December) 68,174 2003 44,724 2004 77,751 2005 83,922 2006 117,865 2007 50,534 The reasons for the hire of transport include refunds to the Department of Foreign Affairs in respect of car hire for official functions when travelling...

Written Answers — Departmental Communications: Departmental Communications (11 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: 68 staff in my Department are provided with blackberry devices or similar mobile e-mail equipment.

Written Answers — Departmental Communications: Departmental Communications (11 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: There are over 300 internal databases in use in my Department. These are operated solely internally within the Department. My Department also owns three cross departmental extranets and these applications are hosted within the Department. In addition to this, one database is operated within the Department by security-cleared staff from a contracted external organisation. Another database is...