Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 180: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism 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. [4011/09]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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In both 2007 and 2008 official Blackberry's were lost. The two devices were immediately disabled. Efforts to find or recover them were unsuccessful.

In 2008, a laptop computer used by Culture Ireland was lost or stolen on a flight from the USA to Ireland on official business. Culture Ireland sought unsuccessfully to locate the missing device through the airport authorities and the airline involved.

Neither the laptop nor the Blackberries contained any confidential or sensitive information. No mobile phones were lost or stolen in the period in question. The issue and control of artworks used in Government Departments is the responsibility of the OPW.