Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 100: To ask the Taoiseach the amount of mobile telephone bills paid in relation to the departmental mobile telephone assigned to him by his Department in each of the years 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; the percentage or amount of same for each year which applies to data charges; the percentage or amount of same for each year which applies to roaming charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27124/09]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The following table details the cost of my Departmental mobile telephone for the periods May to December 2008 and January to June 2009, it includes the percentage of the cost relating to data and roaming charges:

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 101: To ask the Taoiseach the accumulated cost of court cases taken by his Department in the past five years; the cost of each individual case; the nature of each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27185/09]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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In 2008 my Department appealed a decision of the Commissioner for Environmental Information that on foot of Directive 2003/4/EC on Public Access to Environmental Information, a document that records discussion at a meeting of the Government should be released notwithstanding the terms of the European Communities (Access to Information on the Environment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No 133 of 2007) which transposed the Directive in Ireland and the terms of Article 28.4.3 of the Constitution concerning the confidentiality of discussions at meetings of the Government.

Leave for Judicial Review and Appeal Motion were granted on 8 December 2008 and the case is scheduled to commence in the High Court on 29 July 2009. The Department has paid no costs to date.