Written answers
Thursday, 8 July 2010
Department of Education and Science
Departmental Expenditure
10:00 pm
Noel Coonan (Tipperary North, Fine Gael)
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Question 724: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the amount she anticipates that she will spend on converting Department titles on websites, headed paper, application forms, information booklets, wall charts and so on as a result of the recent changes in several Departments' titles; the length of time this will take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31505/10]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department is mindful of the need to keep all costs arising from the change in the Department's title to a minimum. The costs in question are being met from my Department's existing administrative budget allocation.
The following table lists all of the costs incurred to date arising from the change in my Department's title. It is anticipated that all of the necessary conversions will have been fully implemented by the end of this month. While it is possible that some further minor costs may arise it is not anticipated that these, if any, will significantly increase the total cost as outlined in the table.
Department Title Change - Costs | ||
Department of Education and Skills | ||
Cost Type | Cost (incl. VAT) | |
Office Stationary (seals;stamps; etc) | €5,210.66 | |
Signage | €5,900.00 | |
IT Systems | €1,600.00 | |
Miscellaneous * | €6,533.53 | |
Total: | €19,244.19 | |
* This is mainly the cost of printed stationery (headed paper etc.) | ||
The Department does not hold large stocks of printed stationery | ||
and would order new stocks on a regular basis as required. | ||
It should be noted that the cost shown does not take account of | ||
the fact that some of the stocks ordered on this occasion would have | ||
had to be ordered in the normal course of replenishing stocks. Accordingly, | ||
the total cost indicated here is not directly attributable to the change in the | ||
the Department's title. | ||
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