Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 402: To ask the Minister for Health and Children 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. [1177/11]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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The information requested by the Deputy is currently being collated within my Department and will be forwarded as soon as it is available.

Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 403: To ask the Minister for Health and Children 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. [1192/11]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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The details regarding mobile phones requested by the Deputy are details not kept by the Department, but the Agencies will be asked to provide the information directly to the Deputy.

Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 404: To ask the Minister for Health and Children 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. [1207/11]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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There are approximately 180 to 200 mobile devices in use by official in my Department at any given time. The costs of mobile phone bills are set out below.

The Department has a framework agreement with Vodafone since 2009 that gives unlimited landline calls both local and national and unlimited texts and calls to national mobiles (085,086 and 087). Officials incurring charges outside these parameters i.e. while abroad, have to sign off on all official calls and pay for personal ones themselves.