Written answers
Thursday, 5 February 2009
Department of Transport
Departmental Property
5:00 pm
Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 133: To ask the Minister for Transport if laptops, art works, paintings, sculptures, computers, mobile telephones, blackberries or other equipment has been lost or stolen from his Department or its agencies since 2007 to date in 2009; the circumstances surrounding the items' disappearance; if action has been taken to recover the item or items; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4023/09]
Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The following table gives details of computers, mobile telephones, blackberries and Irish Coast Guard equipment lost or stolen from my Department since 2007 to date in 2009 and the circumstances surrounding their disappearances.
My Department has implemented mechanisms to help locate Departmental laptops which have been stolen and which are subsequently used to access the Internet. This has assisted Gardaí in recovering a stolen laptop as recently as last month. Additionally, my Department has the facility to remotely wipe data from laptops and blackberries, if required.
Items that have been lost or stolen from agencies under the remit of my Department constitute a day-to-day matter for the agencies themselves.
Item | Lost/Stolen | Year | Circumstances | Recovered |
Laptop | Stolen | 2008 | Lost in grounds of All Hallows College Reported to Gardai. | Yes |
4 Laptops | Stolen | 2008 | Four Laptops as a result of a break into one of the Department's offices. Gardai apprehended persons involved | Yes |
Blackberry | Lost | 2007 | Lost while on holidays and subsequently found | Yes |
Blackberry | Lost | 2008 | Lost in Officer's house and subsequently found | Yes |
Blackberry | Lost | 2008 | Lost while on official business. | No |
Blackberry | Lost | 2008 | Lost while on official business. | No |
Blackberry | Lost | 2008 | Lost while on official business | No |
Blackberry | Stolen | 2009 | Stolen as a result of a break-in in the Officer's private residence | No |
Quad/Trailer | Stolen | 2007 | Stolen in a break-in; reported to Gardai | No |
Two Engines | Stolen | 2008 | Stolen in break-ins; reported to Gardai | No |
Engine | Stolen | 2008 | Stolen in a break-in; Reported to Gardai | Yes |
3 Hand Held VHF radios | Stolen | 2007 | Stolen in a break-in; Reported to Gardai | No |
3 Hand Held VHF radios | Stolen | 2008 | Stolen in a break-in; Reported to Gardai | No |
Departmental Van | Stolen | 2008 | Stolen from outside an Officer's private residence. | Yes |
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