Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 164: To ask the Taoiseach the amount his Department spent in each of the last three years and in the first six months of this year on mobile phone bills; the number of staff within the Department who have mobile phones paid by the Department; the mobile phone operator that has the contract for supplying this service; the tender, if any, that applies to the service being provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33644/10]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The table below details the amount spent by my Department from 2007 to end June 2010 on all communication devices (mobile phones, blackberries, and mobile connect cards).

Seventy-nine staff in my Department have communication devices for official use. In 2008 my Department entered into a contract with Vodafone Ireland Limited under the mobile telecommunications framework, which ended this month. The Department is currently preparing a tender for a new contract for the provision of this service.