Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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I presume the question refers to the 34 County and City Councils.

The Annual Financial Statement of each local authority provides an analysis of their current expenditure. Local authorities incur a range of communications expenses including, but not limited to, telephone, postage, internet and email, SCATS traffic control systems, and telemetry.

The information requested in respect of 2010 is not yet available in my Department. Local authorities are required to publish their 2010 annual financial statements by 1 July 2011, and audited annual financial statements for 2010 will be available by 31 March 2012.

The information requested in respect of 2009 is set out in the following table.