Written answers
Tuesday, 20 April 2010
Department of An Taoiseach
Departmental Expenditure
9:00 pm
Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 123: To ask the Taoiseach the total spend by his Department and each agency under its aegis on printer consumables (details supplied) for each of the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 in tabular form. [14917/10]
Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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There is currently one agency under the aegis of my Department, the National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO). The total spend on printer consumables for each of the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 is set out below.
Department of the Taoiseach details
| Year | Total Amount Spent |
| 2006 | â'¬ 74,157.69 |
| 2007 | â'¬123,835.87 |
| 2008 | â'¬120,711.21 |
| 2009 | â'¬111,017.98 |
| 2010 | â'¬ 8,272.08 |
NESDO details
| Year | Total Amount Spent |
| 2006 | â'¬5,495.37 |
| 2007 | â'¬1,443.84 |
| 2008 | â'¬6,134.90 |
| 2009 | â'¬3,456.26 |
| 2010 | â'¬ 139.71 |
Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 124: To ask the Taoiseach if he will detail in tabular form, the number of reams of A4 sized paper and A3 sized paper purchased in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 by his Department and each agency under its aegis; and the proportion of which is 100% recycled paper. [14932/10]
Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested is set out in the tables below for my Department and NESDO, which is the only agency under the aegis of my Department.
| Department of the Taoiseach | |||
| Year | Number of A4 Reams | Number of A3 Reams | Proportion of which is 100% recycled paper |
| 2006 | 5290 | 100 | 98% |
| 2007 | 4910 | 15 | 98% |
| 2008 | 5100 | 0 | 99% |
| 2009 | 4570 | 0 | 97% |
| 2010 | 1000 | 0 | 100% |
| NESDO | |||
| Year | Number of A4 Reams | Number of A3 Reams | Proportion of which is 100% recycled paper |
| 2006 | 701 | 1 | 0% |
| 2007 | 1151 | 17 | 21% |
| 2008 | 750 | 0 | 0% |
| 2009 | 590 | 1 | 0% |
| 2010 | 60 | 0 | 0% |
Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 125: To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No 114 of 23 March 2010 the details of the travel cost for him and his party associated with Saint Patrick's Day 2010. [15734/10]
Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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I visited Chicago, Silicon Valley and Washington from March 12th to March 18th, 2010.
I carried out over 25 separate engagements in the course of my visit.
I met with major multinational companies who have invested billions of euro in Ireland. I also took part in a trade mission involving Irish companies with significant business in the United States. These companies support thousands of jobs in this country and could potentially create more jobs here in the future.
I also met with President Obama, Vice President Biden, Speaker Pelosi, Congressional leaders from the Republican and Democratic parties, the Governor of Illinois and the Mayors of Chicago and San José.
The updated estimated costs are: Hotels Chicago €1,764 (average cost per room per night was €126) San Jose €1128 (average cost per room per night was €161) Washington €3,972 (average cost per room per night was €189) Equipment €2,139
Car Hire
Chicago €2,610
San Jose not yet available
Washington €4,002
Photographer
Washington €1,923
Chicago €600
Gifts €2,127
Other costs €1,610
I expect some relatively small additional costs will arise as payments are processed.
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