Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 401: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of banking charges paid by his Department over the past three years; the breakdown of these charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22885/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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My Department incurred the following bank charges over the last three years:

2006 - €28,341;

2007 - €57,384;

2008 - €64,147.

These charges arose in the normal course of the Department's operations across a range of different areas, including the processing of Immigration VISA applications.

Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 402: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount spent by his Department each year for the past three years on bottled water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22899/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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As a matter of general practice, my Department does not purchase individual bottles of water. The practice is to use a filtered system, via the mains water supply, or in the alternative, fresh water dispensers. The cost of supplying water via these dispensers, which incidentally, are being phased out in favour of the filtered system, has varied between approximately €16,000 to €21,000 over the years in question.