Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 522: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform 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. [19518/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I can inform the Deputy that, insofar as my Department's Administrative Budget is concerned, the full costs incurred in purchasing and operating mobile communications equipment and other such devices was €343,870 in 2006, €336,551 in 2007 and €73,478 to end April 2008. This expenditure relates to 397 such devices.