Written answers
Wednesday, 12 January 2011
Department of Education and Science
Departmental Expenditure
2:30 pm
Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent by her Department on opinion polling and focus group research in each of the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1172/11]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department engages with a wide range of stakeholders and interest groups on an ongoing basis in relation to educational issues, and it is not possible to identify separately the costs involved. Typically, such engagements would include, seeking feedback from industry, students, parents associations, management bodies, unions, subject associations, and special interest groups as well as focus group research and are a normal part of the work of the Department in such areas as curriculum, special needs provision, the higher education strategy, internationalisation of education etc.
Accordingly, the information in the table below includes only consultations and surveys where the specific cost can be identified.
| Relevant details of Opinion Poll and/or Focus Group research | Amount Spent 2010 |
| Public Consultation - Press Advertisements inviting views on the Memorial for Victims of Institutional Abuse | â'¬20,572.90 |
| Public Consultation - Press Advertisements inviting views on the proposed Statutory Fund to support the needs of Survivors of Residential Institutional Child Abuse | â'¬32,578.75 |
| Survey of parental preferences of parents in Gorey, County Wexford in relation to the patronage of a new post-primary school. | â'¬4,998.31 |
Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of mobile telephones paid for by public bodies under her remit in each of the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010; the total cost of paying mobile telephone bills in each of those years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1187/11]
Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of mobile telephones paid for by her Department in each of the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010; the total cost of paying mobile telephone bills in each of those years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1202/11]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 191 and 192 together.
The information requested in relation to my Department is currently being compiled and will be forwarded directly to the Deputy.
With regard to bodies under the aegis of my Department the procurement of mobile phones and associated costs is an operational matter for the bodies themselves and therefore the information requested by the Deputy is not collated centrally.
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