Seán Ryan (Dublin North, Labour)
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Question 106: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for the decline in absolute costs of the provision in the estimates for postal services and telecommunications in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18217/06]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The 2006 estimate for postal and telecommunications services in my Department is €974,000. This represents an increase of €24,000 or 2.5% on the 2005 estimate of €950,000. Actual expenditure however in 2005 on postal and telecommunications services exceeded the initial estimate provision for the year by €37,000. This was due to a number of once off payments in 2005 including the upgrading of telecommunications equipment, spending on data transfer technology for the Labour Inspectorate and the upgrading of data lines linking the Department's offices which are not expected to recur this year. Consequently, there has been no decline in the estimates provision for postal and telecommunications services in my Department in 2006 compared to 2005.