Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 741: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport 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. [1181/11]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has not incurred any such expenditure in the years in question.

Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 742: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport 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. [1196/11]

Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 743: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport 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. [1211/11]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 743 and 742 together.

The following tables outline the number of mobile telephones and the expenditure by my Department on mobile telephony for the required years. The details for the National Archives of Ireland are also included as it forms an integral component of the Department.

Year Total No. of Mobile Telephones Dept. HQ National Archives

2006 30 28 2

2007 37 35 2

2008 42 26 16

2009 41 26 15

2010 49 35 14

Year Total Expenditure Dept. HQ National Archives

2006 €28,066.88 €27,176.63 € 890.25

2007 €33,527.64 €32,690.55 € 837.09

2008 €55,165.98 €46,110.49 €9,055.49

2009 €42,382.08 €35,551.04 €6,831.04

2010 €33,862.15 €28,031.95 €5,830.20

As the Deputy will appreciate the use of mobile phones is vital to the effective operation of the Department, which has decentralised to Killarney, as staff can be in contact while travelling between the offices in Killarney and Dublin, between meetings and, of course, outside of normal office hours. The information requested by the Deputy with regard to the public bodies, other than the National Archives, is a day to day matter for the public bodies concerned.