Written answers

Tuesday, 18 October 2005

Department of Social and Family Affairs

Departmental Expenditure

9:00 pm

Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 546: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount spent by his Department on briefcases; the amount refunded to staff in his Department in respect of purchases of briefcases; the number of staff who have received briefcases; the number of staff who have received refunds for briefcases they purchased; the largest single amount paid or refunded in respect of one briefcase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29402/05]

Photo of Séamus BrennanSéamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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A total of €6,413 has been spent by my Department on briefcases since June 2002. All of these briefcases have been purchased in bulk and held in my Department's central store from where they are issued to staff as required. The briefcases have been issued to staff as follows: 2002, 111; 2003, 126; 2004, 92; and 2005, 88.

The largest single amount paid by my Department for a briefcase is €21.78. No member of staff has received a refund in respect of a briefcase purchased.

Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 547: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of personal digital assistants provided to staff in his Department; the cost of same; the cost of the most expensive personal digital assistant purchased to date; the grades to which these devices are issued; if personal digital assistants are issued as a matter of course or are subject to preparation of a business case which is subsequently scrutinised; if so, by whom the final decision on allocation of personal digital assistants is made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29417/05]

Photo of Séamus BrennanSéamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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Personal digital assistants, PDAs, are not generally supplied to staff in my Department. A small number of PDAs have been purchased for research purposes by the information systems division in my Department, the most expensive of which cost €660.

The Department's e-mail system has been in place for some time and does not provide the integration facilities required to use PDAs effectively. General issue of these devices is therefore not considered to be appropriate.

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