Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if voluntary and Health Service Executive hospitals can avail of the e-Government tariff for telephone bills; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41184/10]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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I presume the Deputy is referring to the national frameworks contracts operated by the Department of Finance in conjunction with the Government Networks Programme Board (GNBP) for mobile communications and fixed line telephony services details of which are to be found at www.ictprocurement.gov.ie. My understanding is that extensive use is being of the mobile contracts by both the HSE and the voluntary health agencies. The fixed framework came into being in February of this year and so far the HSE have awarded a contract for their international tariffs. The rest of the traffic will be put out to the framework once a detailed examination of fixed line has been completed.