Written answers
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Departmental Expenditure
9:00 pm
Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 289: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number and cost of mobile phones or such communications equipment issued to programme managers, advisers, press officers and departmental personnel during each of the past three years; and the annual billing cost of same. [19513/08]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The table shows the details of mobile phones and BlackBerry devices issued to programme managers, advisers, press officers and personnel in my Department over the past three years.
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
| *Number of phones/devices allocated | 314 | 350 | 323 | 302 |
| Hardware Cost of new/replacement devices | â'¬18,690 | â'¬14,110 | â'¬28,034 | â'¬3,189 |
| Annual Billing Cost | â'¬188,699 | â'¬235,060 | â'¬226,325 | â'¬80,818 |
| *The number of phones is the total allocated to staff for the year in question, not newly issued phones. |
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