Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 949: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of credit cards held by his Department; the cost of same for each year since 2000 to date in 2007; the persons who hold these cards and for whom they are used; the annual amounts purchased; the cumulative interest on same for each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33583/07]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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Six credit cards are currently in official use in my Department. These are held by two Private Secretaries, Minister of State O'Keeffe, two Principal Officers and one by the Assistant Director of Met Eireann. These credit cards are for official business use only, for example in circumstances where it may be necessary to facilitate the immediate delivery of goods or services. Transactions on these credit cards must be certified by the holders as pertaining to official business and are checked by the Department's Personnel and Accounts Sections.

Taking account also of seven other Departmental credit cards which are no longer extant, the amounts incurred including charges totalling €3,334.17, for each year is set out in the table. There was no interest incurred on these cards.

Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 950: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost to his Department of photographers used by all Ministers in his Department on a yearly basis for each year since 1997 to date in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33598/07]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The cost of photographic services to the Department in respect of official functions for all Ministers in each year since 1997 to date are as follows:

Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 951: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost of make-up for him for each year since 1997 to date in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33613/07]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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My Department has incurred no costs on make-up on my behalf or on behalf of any of my predecessors in the period in question.

Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 952: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost of his Department's entertainment allowance for each year since 1997 to date in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33628/07]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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Details of my Department's expenditure on entertainment, incurred under my Department's Administrative Budget, are set out in the table for the period concerned. Some other such expenditure, charged to individual projects/programmes, has not been included in the figures as the extraction of this information would involve a disproportionate allocation of staff time and resources.