Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 300: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the total expenditure incurred by his Department in respect of courier or packaging services in each of the past five years; if services available through An Post were used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20391/05]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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My Department makes regular use of the courier-packaging services provided by An Post. These services are, in the main, paid for using An Post meter facilities along with other post services. As such it is not possible to provide separate figures for expenditure in this regard.

Expenditure on courier services by companies other than An Post for 2004 amounted to €34,724.16 and expenditure to date in 2005 is €18,975.48. Accounts for years prior to 2004 are not maintained in such a fashion as to facilitate ready extraction of the figures in question.